IV. Publicity Sought through Banns and Registration 359-363
CHAPTER IX. THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE 364-403
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
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
MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER XII. OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES 121-226
I. The Magistrate Supersedes the Priest at the Nuptials 125-143
II. Banns, Consent, and Registration 143-151
III. Courtship, Proposals, and Government of Single Persons 152-169
IV. Pre-contracts, Bundling, and Sexual Immorality 169-200
V. Breach of Promise and Marriage Portions 200-209
VI. Self-_Gifta_, Clandestine Contracts, and Forbidden Degrees 209-215
CHAPTER XIII. ECCLESIASTICAL RITES AND THE RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE SOUTHERN COLONIES 227-263
I. The Religious Ceremony and Lay Administration in Virginia 228-239
II. Optional Civil Marriage and the Rise of Obligatory Religious Celebration in Maryland 239-247
III. The Struggle for Civil Marriage and Free Religious Celebration in North Carolina 247-259
IV. Episcopal Rites by Law and Free Civil or Religious Celebration by Custom in South Carolina and Georgia 260-263
CHAPTER XIV. OPTIONAL CIVIL OR ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES 264-327
_a_) Law and Custom in New Netherland 267-284 _b_) Law and Custom under the Duke of York 284-296 _c_) Law and Custom in the Royal Province 296-308