The strong tendency of Roman legislation of the lower (Christian) empire to re-establish the family authority and place the wife in subjection is ably discussed by Meynial, "Le mariage après les invasions," in _Nouv. rev. hist. de droit_, XX, 514-31, 737-62; XXI, 117-48 (Paris, 1896-97); with this may be read Zoepfl, _De tutela mulierum germanic_. (Heidelberg, 1828); and Stobbe, "Die Aufhebung der väterlichen Gewalt nach dem Recht des Mittelalters," in his _Beiträge_ (Braunschweig, 1865). Koehne has investigated "Die geschlechtsverbindung der Unfreien im französischen Recht," in Gierke's _Untersuchungen_, XXII (Breslau, 1888); and the matrimonial relations of the servile classes are also treated by Jastrow, _Zur strafrechtlichen Stellung der Sklaven bei Deutschen und Angelsachsen_, _ibid._, II (Breslau, 1878); Luchaire, _Manuel des institutions françaises_, 203, 295, 301-3 (Paris, 1892); Rambaud, _Histoire de la civilisation française_, I, 102, 154, 125, _passim_ (Paris, 1898); Mone, Bader, and Dambacker, "Eherecht der Hörigen im 13.-16. Jahrhunderte," _Zeitschrift für Geschichte des Oberrheins_, VII, 2 (1856); and in a paper "Von Loslassung der unterthänigen Weibspersonen in der Oberlausitz zum Verheurathen," in _Arbeiten einer Gesellschaft in der Oberlausitz_, II, 118 ff. (1750). For Anglo-Saxon marriage the best monograph is Young's "Anglo-Saxon Family Law," in _Essays_ (Boston, 1876). Very good papers also are Amira's _Erbenfolge und Verwandtschafts-Gliederung nach den altniederdeutschen Rechten_ (Munich, 1874); and Ashworth, _Das Witthum (Dower) im englischen Recht_ (Frankfort, 1898). Opet, "Die erbrechtliche Stellung der Weiber in der Zeit der Volksrechte," in Gierke's _Untersuchungen_, XXV (Breslau, 1888), strongly combats the commonly accepted theory that the Anglo-Saxon woman was neglected in the law of inheritance; in this agreeing with Turner, _History of the Manners, Landed Property, &c., of the Anglo-Saxons_ (1805); and criticising Glasson, _Droit de succession_ (Paris, 1886), which may be read with his _La famille et la propriété chez les Germains_ (Orleans, 1885). Henry Adams in _Historical Essays_ (New York, 1891) likewise takes a very favorable view of the legal condition of the early German married woman. Roeder, _Die Familie bei den Angelsachsen_ (Halle, 1899), has made good use of literary sources. Pollock and Maitland, _History of English Law_ (Cambridge, 1895), give a clear and concise sketch of old English matrimonial custom; and there is an excellent article by Florence Buckstaff in the _Annals of the American Academy_, IV, on "Married Woman's Property in Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman Law" (Philadelphia, 1894). Of service also are Wright, _History of Domestic Manners