A History of Matrimonial Institutions (Vol. 1-3). George Elliott Howard

      Volume 1

       Table of Contents

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       PART I ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS 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

       CHAPTER II THEORY OF THE HORDE AND MOTHER-RIGHT

       I. BACHOFEN AND HIS DISCIPLES

       II. MORGAN'S CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY

       III. McLENNAN'S CONSTRUCTIVE THEORY

       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

       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

       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

       PART II MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND 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

       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

       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

       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

       CHAPTER X RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE

       I. CROMWELL'S CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT, 1653

       II. FLEET MARRIAGES AND THE HARDWICKE ACT, 1753