Barren Women: Religion and Medicine in the Medieval Middle East

Acknowledgements
Contents
Studying Infertility in the Medieval Islamic World: Why and How
Part I: Infertility and Islamic Law Throughout the Life Cycle
Introduction to Part I
1 Infertility and the Purposes of Marriage in Legal Theory
2 Law and Biology: Menstruation, Amenorrhea, and Legal Recognition of Reproductive Status
3 Islamic Law and the Prospects of Women Presumed to be Infertile
Conclusion to Part I: The Intersection of Islamic Law and Women’s Biology
Part II: Arabo-Galenic Gynecology and the Treatment of Infertile Women
Introduction to Part II
4 Gynecological Theory in Arabo-Galenic Medicine
5 Physicians, Midwives, and Female Patients
Conclusion to Part II: Medicine and Sexism
Part III: Healing and Religious Vulnerability
Introduction to Part III
6 Religiously Classifying the Medical Marketplace of Ideas
7 Heterodoxy and Healthcare Among Women
Conclusion to Part III: A Tafsīr about the First Woman’s Fertility and Theological Vulnerability
Epilogue: Infertility and the Study of Women’s History
Bibliography
Index