A History of Matrimonial Institutions Vol. 1 of 3 by George Ellliott Howard

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Author

Howard, George Elliott, 1849-1928

Title

A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

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Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Families

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Text

eBook-No.

49107

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49107

Release Date

June 2, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.a history of Matrimonial Institutions
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I THE PATRIARCHAL THEORY — I. STATEMENT OF THE THEORY — II. CRITICISM OF THE THEORY BY SPENCER AND McLENNAN — III. THE THEORY IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT RESEARCH
5. 5.CHAPTER II THEORY OF THE HORDE AND MOTHER-RIGHT — I. BACHOFEN AND HIS DISCIPLES — II. MORGAN'S CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY — III. McLENNAN'S CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY
6. 6.CHAPTER III THEORY OF THE ORIGINAL PAIRING OR MONOGAMOUS FAMILY — I. THE PROBLEM OF PROMISCUITY — II. THE PROBLEM OF MOTHER-RIGHT — III. THE PROBLEM OF EXOGAMY — IV. THE PROBLEM OF THE SUCCESSIVE FORMS OF THE FAMILY
7. 7.CHAPTER IV RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT — I. WIFE-CAPTURE AND THE SYMBOL OF RAPE [472] — II. WIFE-PURCHASE AND ITS SURVIVAL IN THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY — III. THE ANTIQUITY OF SELF-BETROTHAL OR FREE MARRIAGE — IV. PRIMITIVE FREE MARRIAGE SURVIVING WITH PURCHASE, AND THE DECAY OF THE PURCHASE-CONTRACT
8. 8.CHAPTER V EARLY HISTORY OF DIVORCE — I. THE RIGHT OF DIVORCE — II. THE FORM OF DIVORCE — III. THE LEGAL EFFECTS OF DIVORCE — IV. FREQUENCY OF DIVORCE
9. 9.PART II MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND
10. 10.CHAPTER VI OLD ENGLISH WIFE-PURCHASE YIELDS TO FREE MARRIAGE — I. THE PRIMITIVE REAL CONTRACT OF SALE AND ITS MODIFICATIONS — II. RISE OF FREE MARRIAGE: SELF-BEWEDDUNG AND SELF-GIFTA
11. 11.CHAPTER VII RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH ACCEPTS THE LAY CONTRACT AND CEREMONIAL — I. THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN BENEDICTION, THE BRIDE-MASS, AND THE CELEBRATION AD OSTIUM ECCLESIAE — II. THE PRIEST SUPERSEDES THE CHOSEN GUARDIAN, AND SPONSALIA PER VERBA DE PRAESENTI ARE VALID
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH DEVELOPS AND ADMINISTERS MATRIMONIAL LAW — I. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND THE RISE OF THE CANONICAL THEORY — II. CLANDESTINE MARRIAGES THE FRUIT OF THE CANONICAL THEORY — III. THE EVILS OF THE SPIRITUAL JURISDICTION — IV. PUBLICITY SOUGHT THROUGH BANNS AND REGISTRATION
13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE — I. AS TO THE FORM OF MARRIAGE — II. AS TO THE NATURE OF MARRIAGE — III. CHILD-MARRIAGES IN THE AGE OF ELIZABETH
14. 14.CHAPTER X RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE — I. CROMWELL'S CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT, 1653 — II. FLEET MARRIAGES AND THE HARDWICKE ACT, 1753 — III. THE PRESENT ENGLISH LAW
15. 15.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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