A History of Matrimonial Institutions Vol. 2 of 3
by George Elliott Howard
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About this eBook
- Author
- Howard, George Elliott, 1849-1928
- Title
- A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3
- Credits
- Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
- Subject
- Families
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49247
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49247
- Release Date
- June 20, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber's note: — A HISTORY OF Matrimonial Institutions — ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 2.PART II — CHAPTER XI HISTORY OF SEPARATION AND DIVORCE UNDER ENGLISH AND ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — I. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND THE THEORY OF THE CANON LAW — II. THE PROTESTANT DOCTRINE OF DIVORCE — III. LAW AND THEORY DURING THREE CENTURIES
- 3.PART III — CHAPTER XII OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES — I. THE MAGISTRATE SUPERSEDES THE PRIEST AT THE NUPTIALS — II. BANNS, CONSENT, AND REGISTRATION — III. COURTSHIP, PROPOSALS, AND GOVERNMENT OF SINGLE PERSONS — IV. PRE-CONTRACTS, BUNDLING, AND SEXUAL IMMORALITY — V. BREACH OF PROMISE AND MARRIAGE PORTIONS — VI. SELF-GIFTA, CLANDESTINE CONTRACTS, AND FORBIDDEN DEGREES — VII. SLAVE MARRIAGES — CHAPTER XIII ECCLESIASTICAL RITES AND THE RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES — I. THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY AND LAY ADMINISTRATION IN VIRGINIA — II. OPTIONAL CIVIL MARRIAGE AND THE RISE OF OBLIGATORY RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION IN MARYLAND — III. THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL MARRIAGE AND FREE RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION IN NORTH CAROLINA — IV. EPISCOPAL RITES BY LAW AND FREE CIVIL OR RELIGIOUS CELEBRATION BY CUSTOM IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA — CHAPTER XIV OPTIONAL CIVIL OR ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES — I. NEW YORK — II. NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, AND DELAWARE — CHAPTER XV DIVORCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES — I. IN NEW ENGLAND — II. ENGLISH DIVORCE LAWS IN ABEYANCE IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES — III. ARBITRATION AND DIVORCE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES — CHAPTER XVI A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 — I. THE NEW ENGLAND STATES — II. THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN STATES [1224] — III. THE MIDDLE AND WESTERN STATES [1392] — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:
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