A HISTORY OF

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS

MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS

CHIEFLY IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES WITH AN INTRO-
DUCTORY ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE AND THE

THEORIES OF PRIMITIVE MARRIAGE

AND THE FAMILY

BY

GEORGE ELLIOTT HOWARD PH.D.

PROFESSORIAL LECTURER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AUTHOR OF "LOCAL
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

"

VOLUME THREE

CHICAGO

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

CALLAGHAN & COMPANY

LONDON

T. FISHER UNWIN, PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1904

то

Alice Frost Howard

HER HUSBAND DEDICATES THIS BOOK IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HER

AID IN MAKING IT