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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 130 — Chapter II · THEORY OF THE HORDE AND MOTHER-RIGHT

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For this class of evidence, see Giraud-Teulon, Les origines du mariage, 1 ff.: Post, Familienrecht, 57, 58; Anfänge, 17 ff.; Lubbock, Origin of Civilization, 69 ff., 104 ff.; Bernhöft, "Zur Geschichte des eur. Familienrechts," ZVR., VIII, 161 ff.; McLennan, Studies, I, 83 ff.; Morgan, Ancient Society, 500 ff., passim; Lippert, Geschichte der Familie, 168-80; Ploss, Das Weib, I, 331, 360 ff., 370 ff., 383 ff.; Kulischer, "Die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl," ZFE., VIII, 140, 141; Friedrichs, "Ursprung des Matriarchats," ZVR., VIII, 370 ff.; Mucke, Horde und Familie, 65, 138 ff., who deny that these customs are evidences of promiscuity; as also does Schmidt, Jus primae noctis, 36 ff.; Kohler, "Ueber das Negerrecht, namentlich in Kamerun," ZVR., XI, 419, 422; "Studien über Frauengemeinschaft," ibid., V, 334 ff.; Zur Urgeschichte der Ehe, 14, 64 ff., 146; and elsewhere in his various monographs; Hellwald, Die mensch. Familie, 187, 326-29; Kovalevsky, Mod. Customs and Anc. Laws of Russia, 6 ff.; Schneider, Die Naturvölker, I, 267 ff.; II, 413 ff., who, rejecting the doctrines of evolution and survival, holds to the biblical legend of the "fall of man."

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