CHAPTER IX. THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE 364-403✦

I. As to the Form of Marriage 370-386

II. As to the Nature of Marriage 386-399

III. Child-Marriages in the Age of Elizabeth 399-403

CHAPTER X. RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE 404-473✦

I. Cromwell's Civil Marriage Act, 1653 408-435

II. Fleet Marriages and the Hardwicke Act, 1753 435-460

III. The Present English Law 460-473

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