Abstract
This paper argues that new socio-economic developments caused by the India trade in the first half of the twelfth century contributed to the emergence of a new Jewish pre-nuptial agreement: the engagement deed. Once this new deed was introduced, it became a vehicle designed to protect the future bride in other aspects of her married life, thereby affording her further freedoms.
Recommended Citation
Ashur, Amir
(2017)
"The India Trade and the Emergence of the Engagement Contract: A Cairo Geniza Study,"
The Medieval Globe: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/tmg/vol3/iss1/3
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