CHAPTER IV. RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT 152-223✦

I. Wife-Capture and the Symbol of Rape 156-179

II. Wife-Purchase and Its Survival in the Marriage Ceremony 179-201

III. The Antiquity of Self-Betrothal or Free Marriage 201-210

IV. Primitive Free Marriage Surviving with Purchase, and the Decay of the Purchase-Contract 210-223

CHAPTER V. EARLY HISTORY OF DIVORCE 224-250✦

I. The Right of Divorce 224-240

II. The Form of Divorce 240-241

III. The Legal Effects of Divorce 241-247

IV. Frequency of Divorce 247-250

PART II✦

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENGLAND

CHAPTER VI. OLD ENGLISH WIFE-PURCHASE YIELDS TO FREE MARRIAGE 253-286

I. The Primitive Real Contract of Sale and Its Modifications 258-276

II. Rise of Free Marriage: Self-Beweddung and Self-Gifta 276-286

CHAPTER VII. RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH ACCEPTS THE LAY CONTRACT AND CEREMONIAL 287-320

I. The Primitive Christian Benediction, the Bride-Mass, and the Celebration ad Ostium Ecclesiae 291-308

II. The Priest Supersedes the Chosen Guardian, and Sponsalia per Verba de Praesenti Are Valid 308-320

CHAPTER VIII. RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH DEVELOPS AND ADMINISTERS MATRIMONIAL LAW 321-363

I. The Early Christian Doctrine and the Rise of the Canonical Theory 324-340

II. Clandestine Marriages the Fruit of the Canonical Theory 340-349

III. The Evils of the Spiritual Jurisdiction 351-359

IV. Publicity Sought through Banns and Registration 359-363