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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 480 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

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Adam, Du parler des hommes, 2 ff.; Martius, Rechtszustande, 55; Letourneau, op. cit., 114; McLennan, op. cit., I, 33, 34; Westermarck, Human Marriage, 383; Waitz, Anthropologie, III, 355; Dargun, Mutterrecht und Raubehe, 82. But see Crawley, Mystic Rose, 46-48, who believes the difference of language is one of the results of the fear of evil which causes sex-segregation and sexual taboo.

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