A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3Howard, George Elliott
History
A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3
Howard, George Elliott
Families; Marriage -- History
Besides the controversial literature relating to the
so-called _droit de seigneur_ in feudal times, already cited
in Bibliographical Note II, there has been collected a mass
of custom and folk-lore concerning the alleged traces of
wife-purchase and wife-capture, and similar matters, much
of which will carry the reader beyond the period of the
present chapter, but which may serve to complete the picture
of mediæval private life. In this connection may be noted
Wackernagel, "Familienrecht und Familienleben der alten
Germanen," in _Süd-deutsches Taschenbuch_, 1846 (257 ff.);
Schincke, "Hochzeitsgebräuche der Germanen," in Ersch und
Gruber's _Encyklopädie_, II. Sect., T. 9 (166 ff.); Leber,
"Des coutumes et usages anciens relatifs aux mariages," in
his _Collection des meilleurs dissertations_, II (Paris,
1838); Freybe, _Altdeutsches Frauenlob_ (Leipzig, 1873);
Schütz, _Lobschrift auf die Weiber der alten Deutschen_
(Hamburg, 1776); Schulenburg, _Die Spuren des Brautraubes,
Brautkaufes und ähnlicher Verhältnisse in den französischen
Epen des Mittelalters_ (Rostock, 1894); Spirgatis, "Verlobung
und Vermählung im altfranzösischen volkstümlichen Epos,"
in _Wissenschaftliche Beiträge zum Jahresberichte des
Leibniz-Gymnasiums zu Berlin_, Ostern, 1894 (Berlin, 1894);
Krabbes, _Die Frau im altfranzösischen Karlsepos_ (Marburg,
1884); Bücher, _Die Frauenfrage im Mittelalter_ (Tübingen,
1882); Homeyer, _Ueber die Heimath nach altdeutschem Recht,
insbesondere über das Hantgemal_ (Berlin, 1852); Méril,
"Des formes du mariage et des usages populaires qui s'y
rattachaient surtout en France pendant le moyen age," in _Étude
sur quelques points d'archéologie_ (Paris and Leipzig,
1862); Bérenger-Ferraud, "Mariage et progéniture," in his
_Superstitions et survivances_, II (Paris, 1896); and especially
Beauchet's able monograph, _Étude historique sur les formes de
la célébration du mariage dans l'ancien droit français_ (Paris,
1883); Gengler, _De morgengaba secundum leges antiquissimas
germanorum_ (Bamberg, 1843); Spangenberg, _Exercitatio antiqua
doni germanorum matutini, quod vulgo morgengabam appellant_
(Göttingen, 1767); Napiersky, _Die Morgengabe des rigischen
Rechts_ (Dorpat, 1842); Golz, _De morgengaba germanorum_ (Halle,
_ca._ 1860); Fischel, _De conjugum jure germanico debitis_
(Berlin, n. d.). Similar observations have been made for other
parts of Europe. See, for example, Poggi, _Usi nuziali nel
centio della Sardegna_ (Sassari, 1894); Murra, _Usi e costumi
nuziali de Sardegna_: for the _Nozze de Cian-Sappa-Flandinet_
(Bergamo, 1894); Salmone-Marino, _Come se prepari la sposa; uso
nuziale dei contadini di Sicilia_ (Palermo, 1890); Pitre, _Usi
nuziali del popolo Siciliano_ (Palermo, 1878); _idem_, _Usi
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