ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS

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Chapter I.The Patriarchal Theory3-32
I.Statement of the Theory9-13
II.Criticism of the Theory by Spencer and McLennan14-17
III.The Theory in the Light of Recent Research18-32
Chapter II.Theory of the Horde and Mother-Right33-89
I.Bachofen and His Disciples39-65
II.Morgan's Constructive Theory65-76
III.McLennan's Constructive Theory77-89
Chapter III.Theory of the Original Pairing or Monogamous Family89-151
I.The Problem of Promiscuity90-110
II.The Problem of Mother-Right110-117
III.The Problem of Exogamy117-132
IV.The Problem of the Successive Forms of the Family132-151
Chapter IV.Rise of the Marriage Contract152-223
I.Wife-Capture and the Symbol of Rape156-179
II.Wife-Purchase and Its Survival in the Marriage Ceremony179-201
III.The Antiquity of Self-Betrothal or Free Marriage201-210
IV.Primitive Free Marriage Surviving with Purchase, and the Decay of the Purchase-Contract210-223
Chapter V.Early History of Divorce224-250
I.The Right of Divorce224-240
II.The Form of Divorce240-241
III.The Legal Effects of Divorce241-247
IV.Frequency of Divorce247-250

PART II

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND

Chapter VI.Old English Wife-Purchase Yields to Free Marriage253-286
I.The Primitive Real Contract of Sale and Its Modifications258-276
II.Rise of Free Marriage: Self-Beweddung and Self-Gifta276-286
Chapter VII.Rise of Ecclesiastical Marriage: The Church Accepts the Lay Contract and Ceremonial287-320
I.The Primitive Christian Benediction, the Bride-Mass, and the Celebration ad Ostium Ecclesiae291-308
II.The Priest Supersedes the Chosen Guardian, and Sponsalia per Verba de Praesenti Are Valid308-320
Chapter VIII.Rise of Ecclesiastical Marriage: The Church Develops and Administers Matrimonial Law321-363
I.The Early Christian Doctrine and the Rise of the Canonical Theory324-340
II.Clandestine Marriages the Fruit of the Canonical Theory340-349
III.The Evils of the Spiritual Jurisdiction351-359
IV.Publicity Sought through Banns and Registration359-363
Chapter IX.The Protestant Conception of Marriage364-403
I.As to the Form of Marriage370-386
II.As to the Nature of Marriage386-399
III.Child-Marriages in the Age of Elizabeth399-403
Chapter X.Rise of Civil Marriage404-473
I.Cromwell's Civil Marriage Act, 1653408-435
II.Fleet Marriages and the Hardwicke Act, 1753435-460
III.The Present English Law460-473

VOLUME TWO

PART II—Continued

Chapter XI. History of Separation and Divorce under English and Ecclesiastical Law[3]-117
I. The Early Christian Doctrine and the Theory of the Canon Law[11]-60
a) Historical Elements of the Christian Teaching[11]-23
b) Views of the Early Fathers[23]-28
c) The Legislation of the Christian Emperors[28]-33
d) The Compromise with German Custom[33]-46
e) Final Settlement of the Christian Doctrine in the Canon Law[47]-60
II. The Protestant Doctrine of Divorce[60]-85
a) Opinions of Luther and the Continental Reformers[60]-71
b) Opinions of the English Reformers[71]-85
III. Law and Theory during Three Centuries[85]-117
a) The Views of Milton[85]-92
b) Void and Voidable Contracts[92]-102
c) Parliamentary Divorce[102]-109
d) The Present English Law[109]-117

PART III