%0 Journal Article
%T Jamila £¿arabun and Her Two Husbands:  On Betrothal and Marriage among Ottoman Jews in Sixteenth
%A Minna Rozen
%J Journal of Family History
%@ 1552-5473
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0363199018766876
%X This article engages with Jewish marriage in the urban centers of the sixteenth-century Ottoman Empire: the purpose of marriage, the choice of a proper spouse, the place of emotion in choosing a mate at first marriage, age at first marriage, the limits of patriarchal authority, power struggles between rabbinic leaders, and use made by Jewish litigants of the empire¡¯s power in order to achieve their goals. Several rulings made by Salonikan rabbinic authorities of the time provide a ¡°thick description¡± of the affair, enabling us to comprehend the behavior of all involved parties in terms of the sociological, political, religious, financial, and gendered context in which they lived
%K marriage
%K betrothal
%K Jewish law
%K patriarchal authority
%K honor and shame
%K Jewish community of Salonika
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0363199018766876