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 III. The Present English Law 460-473 VOLUME TWO PART II--_Continued_ 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