PREFACE

ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE PATRIARCHAL THEORY

CHAPTER II THEORY OF THE HORDE AND MOTHER-RIGHT

CHAPTER III THEORY OF THE ORIGINAL PAIRING OR MONOGAMOUS FAMILY

CHAPTER IV RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

CHAPTER V EARLY HISTORY OF DIVORCE

PART II MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND

CHAPTER VI OLD ENGLISH WIFE-PURCHASE YIELDS TO FREE MARRIAGE

CHAPTER VII RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH ACCEPTS THE LAY CONTRACT AND CEREMONIAL

CHAPTER VIII RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH DEVELOPS AND ADMINISTERS MATRIMONIAL LAW

CHAPTER IX THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE

CHAPTER X RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE

FOOTNOTES:

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 ONE

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

Copyright 1904
The University of Chicago
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Entered at Stationers' Hall

May, 1904

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