A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3Howard, George Elliott
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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3
Howard, George Elliott
Families; Marriage -- History
For the matrimonial customs of low races, especially valuable
are Krause, _Die Tlinkit-Indianer_ (Jena, 1885); Marshall,
_A Phrenologist amongst the Todas_ (London, 1873); and the
magnificent volumes of Paul and Fritz Sarasin, _Die Weddas von
Ceylon_ (Wiesbaden, 1892-93). For examples of sexual practices,
commonly regarded as survivals of original promiscuity, see
Buch, _Die Wotjäken_ (Helsingfors, 1882); Kohler, "Studien über
Frauengemeinschaft," in _ZVR._, V; Bastian, _Rechtsverhältnisse_
(Berlin, 1872); his "Eheverhältnisse," in _ZFE._, VI; and his
"Matriarchat und Patriarchat," _ibid._, _Verhandlungen_ (Berlin,
1886); Ploss, _Das Weib_ (Leipzig, 1895); his _Das Kind_
(Leipzig, 1884); and Mantegazza's _Geschlechtsverhältnisse des
Menschen_, constituting with the earlier _Physiologie der Liebe_
and _Hygiene der Liebe_ his so-called "trilogy of love." For
the bearings of phallicism on the subject read Howard's _Sex
Worship_ (2d ed., Washington, 1898), containing a bibliography.
In this connection are also of service the works on "seignorial
right," the most elaborate monograph being Schmidt's _Jus primae
noctis_ (Freiburg, 1881), containing a full bibliography. See
also his _Slavische Geschichtsquellen zur Streitfrage über das
Jus Primae Noctis_ (Posen, 1886); his paper in _ZFE._, XVI; and
Kohler's criticism, _ZVR._, IV, V. Against its existence as a
right of the mediæval lord are Veuillot, _Droit du seigneur_
(1st ed., Paris, 1854; 3d ed., 1878); Raepsaet, _Recherches_
(Gand, 1817); Barthélemy, "Droit du seigneur," in _Revue des
questions historiques_, I (Paris, 1866), a critical paper
of value; and Labessade, _Droit du seigneur et la rosière
de Salency_ (Paris, 1878). In his _Réponse_ (Paris, 1857)
Delpit makes a vigorous and detailed reply to the arguments of
Veuillot (early edition). See also Foras, _Droit du seigneur_
(Chambéry, 1886); and, for comparison, read "Bibliophile's"
_Les nuits d'épreuve des villageoises allemandes avant le
mariage_ (Brussels, 1877); Grupen's quaint _De uxore theotisca_
(Göttingen, 1748); and Fischer's remarkably valuable and
interesting _Probenächte der teutschen Bauernmädchen_ (Berlin
and Leipzig, 1780; reprinted, Leipzig, 1898).
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