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

PART III

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

VII. Slave-Marriages 215-226

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

I. New York 266-308

_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

II. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware 308-327

_a_) Law and Custom in New Jersey 308-315
_b_) Law and Custom in Pennsylvania and Delaware 315-327

CHAPTER XV. DIVORCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES 328-387

I. In New England 330-366

_a_) Massachusetts 330-348
_b_) New Hampshire, Plymouth, and New Haven 348-353
_c_) Connecticut 353-360
_d_) Rhode Island 360-366

II. English Divorce Laws in Abeyance in the Southern
Colonies 366-376

Arbitration and Divorce in the Middle Colonies 376-387

CHAPTER XVI. A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE
LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 388-497

I. The New England States 388-408

_a_) Solemnization 389-395
_b_) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages 395-401
_c_) Certificate and Record 401-408

II. The Southern and Southwestern States 408-452

_a_) Solemnization 409-427
_b_) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages 427-441
_c_) Certificate and Record 441-452

III. The Middle and the Western States 452-497

_a_) Solemnization 452-470
_b_) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages 470-481
_c_) Certificate and Record 481-497

VOLUME THREE

PART III--_Continued_