Om denne boken
Mitt bibliotek
Bøker på Google Play
THE FAMILY
1354 //
AN HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL STUDY
BY
CHARLES FRANKLIN THWING AUTHOR OF "AMERICAN COLLEGES," ""READING OF BOOKS," ETC.
AND
CARRIE F. BUTLER THWING
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM
с
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE PRE-HISTORIC FAMILY.
Doubts as to the primitive social condition of the human race. — The origin
of the family. -The theory of a primitive communism; considerations
in its behalf. The family the original social type; arguments in its
favor. Probability that diverse social conditions prevailed among differ-
ent peoples. - Discussion limited to the Semitic race and Aryan. - The
Semitic family. The patriarchal form.-The Aryan family. - The
Sacra. Marriage in the Aryan household. - Position of women.-
The Semitic family the germ of modern monarchy; the Aryan, of mod- ern democracy
CHAPTER II.
-
THE FAMILY AMONG GREEKS, ROMANS, AND JEWS.
The family in Greece and Rome a religious institution. The family in the
Homeric poems.-The family in the classical period of Greece.— Marriage
a religious ceremony; its three elements. - Plato's high estimate of
women, and communistic theories. The family in Sparta. -The family
in Rome; its position higher than in Greece. -Three forms of marriage.
- Rights and duties of husband and wife. -Conditions of divorce. - In
early period, divorce infrequent; in the later, frequent.- Degradation of
domestic life in later period.— Restoration at hand
CHAPTER III.
THE FAMILY IN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CENTURIES.
Christianity originated idea that marriage is a life-long union of one man and
one woman.- Christ's view of marriage and divorce. Christ's high esti-
mate of woman. - Paul's opinion as to marriage and divorce. - Opinions
of the Church Fathers; great attention paid to family; reason, the
prevalence of gross vice and overthrow of domestic institutions in the
society into which Christianity came. -Influence of the Christian con-
ception of marriage and the family. — Marriage a religious ceremony..
Influence of Christianity on position of woman at once elevating and
narrowing. - Influence of Christian principles on Roman law
24
45