Women and Gender under Mongol Rule

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23484495
AutoresBettine Birge, Anne F Broadbridge
Ano2023
Páginas628-654
Data de publicação2023-08-17
Open AccessSim
TipoCHAPTER
PeriódicoThe Cambridge History of the Mongol Empire (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781316337424.015
OpenAlexW4391158330
ISBN9781316337424
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas17

Gender relations on the Mongolian steppe were crucial to Mongol military successes and the rise of the world empire. Women’s labor within nomadic camps freed up men for wartime mobilization. Elite women were directly involved in policy decisions at the highest levels, and, like elite men, might control large armies and estates. Some were Christian, Muslim, or Buddhist, and served as patrons of these religions for their nomadic followers and for conquered people. Royal women also influenced public affairs through their marriage ties, and could thereby empower their male and female relatives for generations. The first section of this chapter discusses women and gender relations during the expansion of the United Empire, including marriage practices, women’s work, women’s participation in politics, and examples of powerful women in Mongol history. The second section covers women in the western khanates, and the third looks at women and gender in China during the Mongol Yuan dynasty.

Political science · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Islamic Studies and History · Psychology