Ethics of a married life in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh and investigating its roots in ancient texts

Subject Areas : Persian language and literature texts

Mohammad Navid Bazargan ¹ (استادیار و عضو هیأت علمی گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی-دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد رودهن.)
Maryam Khadem Azghadi ² (دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد رودهن،گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی، رودهن، ایران)

Received: 2016-09-02 Accepted : 2016-09-02 Published : 2014-02-20

Keywords: Shahnameh, شاهنامه. پیمان زناشویی. اخلاق زناشویی. اخلاق زن. اخلاق مرد, اخلاق زناشویی در ایران باستان, marriage contract, married life ethics, men’s morals, women’s morals, married life ethics in ancient Iran,

Abstract :

The present research, focusing on the ethics of a married life in Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh and the other works preceding it, tries to reveal, through excerpts and facts taken from Avesta, medieval texts, Shahnameh, and also famous quotes of experts, to what extent the marriage etiquette, such as compromise, frankness, love, good behavior, faithfulness, commitment, mutual respect, virtue, frankness, etc. are emphasized in them.