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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 968 — Chapter VII · RISE OF ECCLESIASTICAL MARRIAGE: THE CHURCH ACCEPTS THE LAY CONTRACT AND CEREMONIAL

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Surtees Society Publications, LXIII, Appendix, 157 ff. In the Ordo of Archbishop Egbert, for instance, a blessing is invoked upon the parties, the bridal chamber, and the marriage bed; and the other Ordines there printed are of the same general character.

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