A HISTORY OF
Matrimonial Institutions
CHIEFLY IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES WITH AN INTRODUCTORY
ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE
THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MARRIAGE
AND THE FAMILY

BY
GEORGE ELLIOTT HOWARD Ph.D.
PROFESSORIAL LECTURER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AUTHOR OF "LOCAL
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES"

VOLUME THREE

CHICAGO
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
CALLAGHAN & COMPANY
LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN, PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1904

May, 1904

TO
Alice Frost Howard
HER HUSBAND DEDICATES THIS BOOK IN
GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HER
AID IN MAKING IT

A HISTORY OFMatrimonial InstitutionsCHIEFLY IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES WITH AN INTRODUCTORYANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THETHEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MARRIAGEAND THE FAMILY