Note 907 — Chapter VI · OLD ENGLISH WIFE-PURCHASE YIELDS TO FREE MARRIAGE
Reading edition
Canute, II, 75: "and let no one compel either woman or maiden to him whom she herself mislikes, nor for money sell her; unless he is willing to give anything voluntarily."—Thorpe, I, 417. For the similar provisions of Gothic and Lombard law see Habicht, 23 ff.