Marriage customs and rites
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From the Marriage License Window: An Analysis of the Characteristics of the Various Nationalities (Chicago: John Anderson and Co., 1887), by M. Salmonsen- Marriage Rites, Customs, and Ceremonies, of the Nations of the Universe (London: J. Smith, 1822), by Augusta Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Mystic Rose: A Study of Primitive Marriage (London and New York: Macmillan, 1902), by A. E. Crawley (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Book of Weddings: A Complete Manual of Good Form in All Matters Connected With the Marriage Ceremony (New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1907), by Mrs. Burton Kingsland (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of the Dunmow Flitch of Bacon Custom (with poems by the contributors; London: W. Tegg and Co., 1877), by William Andrews, contrib. by William Harrison Ainsworth, William Berry, John Joseph Briggs, Clara de Chatelain, Jean Baptiste François Ernest Chatelain, Mrs. G. M. Tweddell, and George Markham Tweddell
- Love Customs in Eighteenth-Century Spain (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991), by Carmen Martín Gaite, trans. by Maria G. Tomsich (HTML at UC Press)
- Seven Wives and Seven Prisons: or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac: A True Story, by L. A. Abbott (Gutenberg text)
- The Virgin and the Gipsy (1930), by D. H. Lawrence (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
- Noble Bondsmen: Ministerial Marriages in the Archdiocese of Salzburg, 1100-1343 (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1995), by John B. Freed (PDF and EPub with commentary at Cornell Open)
- The Book of Weddings: A Complete Manual of Good Form in All Matters Connected With the Marriage Ceremony (New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1907), by Mrs. Burton Kingsland (page images at HathiTrust)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Rites and ceremonies- The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (London: G. Allen and Unwin, 1964), by Émile Durkheim, trans. by Joseph Ward Swain (Gutenberg text)
- Cérémonies et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous Les Peuples du Monde (first editions in multiple languages, with commentary), ed. by Jean-Frédéric Bernard, illust. by Bernard Picart (page images with commentary at UCLA)
- Customs of the World: A Popular Account of the Manners, Rites and Ceremonies of Men and Women in All Countries (2 volumes; London: Hutchinson and Co., ca. 1913), ed. by Walter Hutchinson, contrib. by Alfred C. Haddon
- The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life: A Study in Religious Sociology (London: G. Allen and Unwin; New York: Macmillan, c1915), by Émile Durkheim, trans. by Joseph Ward Swain (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Religious Ceremonies and Customs: or, The Forms of Worship Practised by the Several Nations of the Known World, From the Earliest Records to the Present Time (London: Printed for T. Tegg; et al., 1841), by William Burder, illust. by Bernard Picart (page images at HathiTrust)
- Compilation of Notes and Memoranda Bearing Upon the Use of Human Ordure and Human Urine in Rites of a Religious or Semi-Religious Character Among Various Nations (1888), by John Gregory Bourke
- Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by John M. Janzen (HTML at UC Press)
- Ngoma: Discourses of Healing in Central and Southern Africa (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by John M. Janzen (HTML at UC Press)
- Heroic Poets, Poetic Heroes: The Ethnography of Performance in an Arabic Oral Epic Tradition (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c1995), by Dwight Fletcher Reynolds (multiple formats with commentary at Cornell Open)
- Antiquities and Curiosities of the Church (London: W. Andrews and Co., 1897), ed. by William Andrews (illustrated HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)
- Curiosities of the Church: Studies of Curious Customs, Services and Records (London: Methuen and Co., 1890), by William Andrews (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Die Griechischen Sakralaltertümer; und Das Bühnenwesen der Griechen und Römer (in German; Munich: C. H. Beck, 1890), by Paul Stengel and Frank Oehmichen (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion (second edition; Cambridge, UK: At the University Press, 1908), by Jane Ellen Harrison (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Grihya Sutras, ed. by Hermann Oldenberg and F. Max Müller
- Nabaloi Law and Ritual (University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology v15 #3; 1920), by C. R. Moss (page images at HathiTrust)
- Ceremony and Power: Performing Politics in Rome Between Republic and Empire (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005), by Geoffrey S. Sumi (page images at HathiTrust)
- Laudes Regiae: A Study in Liturgical Acclamations and Mediaeval Ruler Worship (University of California Publications in History v33; Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1946), by Ernst H. Kantorowicz, contrib. by Manfred F. Bukofzer (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Form of Consecration of a Church or Chappel, and of the Place of Christian Burial (1675), by Lancelot Andrewes (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Pattern of Catechistical Doctrine, and Other Minor Works of Lancelot Andrewes, Sometime Lord Bishop of Winchester (Oxford: John Henry Parker, 1846), by Lancelot Andrewes (multiple formats at Google)
- Exorcism: The Removal of Evil Influences, by Martin Israel (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Danmarks Trylleformler (2 volumes in Danish; Copenhagen and Oslo: Gyldendal, Nordisk Forlag, 1917-1921), by F. Ohrt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Pagan Holidays, or God's Holy Days: Which?, by Herbert W. Armstrong (multiple formats with commentary at thetrumpet.com)
- The Hidden Side of Christian Festivals (Los Angeles et al.: St. Alban Press, 1920), by C. W. Leadbeater
- The Festival of the Dead (reprinted as New Materials for the History of Man #1; Toronto: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1920), by R. G. Haliburton (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Pilgrimage of Etheria (1919 SPCK edition of all extant portions of this work), by Egeria, trans. by M. L. McClure and Charles Lett Feltoe (HTML at CCEL)
- The Pilgrimage of S. Silvia of Aquitania to the Holy Places (Circ. 385 A.D.) (in English only (Latin text omitted); London: Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society, 1896), by Egeria, ed. by J. H. Bernard, contrib. by Charles William Wilson (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
- At the Back of the Black Man's Mind: or, Notes on the Kingly Office in West Africa (1906), by R. E. Dennett (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- The Philosophic Basis of Ordinances, by C. H. Forney (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture (Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, c2002), by Holly J. Everett (page images at unt.edu)
- Memorial Customs, Ancient and Modern (New York: M. Shepard Co., 1907)
- Burial Service of the Orders of Knighthood as Adopted by the Grand Commandery of Michigan, and Recommended by the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States (Detroit: Daily Post Printing Establishment, 1868), by Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Michigan (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Danger of Premature Internment, Proved from Many Remarkable Instances of People Who Have Recovered After Being Laid Out for Dead, and of Others Entombed Alive, for Want of Being Properly Examined Prior to Interment (London: Printed for W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1816), by Joseph Taylor (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Spiritism and the Cult of the Dead in Antiquity (New York: Macmillan, 1921), by Lewis Bayles Paton
- Danmarks Trylleformler (2 volumes in Danish; Copenhagen and Oslo: Gyldendal, Nordisk Forlag, 1917-1921), by F. Ohrt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Emotional Life of Contemporary Public Memorials: Towards a Theory of Temporary Memorials (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, c2008), by Erika Doss (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)
- The Emotional Life of Contemporary Public Memorials: Towards a Theory of Temporary Memorials (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, c2008), by Erika Doss (PDF with commentary at oapen.org)
- Talks on the Sacramentals (c1950), by Arthur Tonne (HTML at EWTN)
- Light-Bearers of Darkness (Houston, TX: Trumpet Press, ca. 1963), by Inquire Within (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Handbook of Organizations: Their Relation to the Church (St. Louis: Concordia Pub. House, 1948), by Theodore Graebner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Dictionary of Secret and Other Societies (St. Louis and London: B. Herder Book Co., 1924), by Arthur Preuss
- Geheime Gesellschaften, Geheimbünde und Geheimlehren (authorized German edition; Leipzig: Renger, 1900), by Charles William Heckethorn, ed. by Leopold Katscher
- Il Mondo Secreto (9 volumes in Italian; Milan: G. Daelli e c., 1864), by Giovanni De Castro (page images at HathiTrust)
- Minutes of the Christian Convention, Opposed to Secret Societies, Held at Pittsburg, May 5th, 6th and 7th, 1868 (Chicago: E. A. Cook, 1868), by National Christian Association (page images at HathiTrust)
- Modern Secret Societies (third edition; Chicago: National Christian Association, 1903), by Charles A. Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Modern Secret Societies (fourth edition; Chicago: National Christian Association, 1906), by Charles A. Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Modern Secret Societies (seventh edition; Chicago: National Christian Association, 1915), by Charles A. Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mysticism and its Results: Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy (St. Louis: Edward and Bushnell, 1857), by John Delafield
- Primitive Secret Societies: A Study in Early Politics and Religion (New York: Macmillan, 1908), by Hutton Webster
- Secret Societies: A Discussion of Their Character and Claims (Cincinnati: Western Tract and Book Society, c1867), by David Macdill, Jonathan Blanchard, and Edward Beecher
- Secret Societies: A Discussion of Their Character and Claims, by David Macdill, Jonathan Blanchard, and Edward Beecher (Gutenberg text)
- Secret Societies: An Argument Before the State Congregational Association at Rockford, Ill., Afterwards Delivered in Two Discourses in the First Presbyterian Church, (Rev. Mr. Bascom's) in Galesburg, Ill., June 22, 1850 (Galesburg, IL: Southwick Davis, 1850), by Jonathan Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)
- Secret Societies and Subversive Movements (second edition; London: Boswell Printing and Publishing Co., 1924), by Nesta Helen Webster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Secret Societies and Subversive Movements (undated Christian Book Club of America edition; originally published ca. 1924), by Nesta Helen Webster (Gutenberg text)
- The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries (first edition, 2 volumes; London: R. Bentley and Son, 1875), by Charles William Heckethorn
- The Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries (new edition; London: G. Redway, 1897), by Charles William Heckethorn
- Secret Societies of the Middle Ages (London: C. Knight and Co., 1837), by Thomas Keightley
- Fourteenth National Convention, Held in Opera Hall, Batavia, N.Y., September 12th, 13th and 14th, 1882, by National Christian Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Minutes of the Christian Convention, Held at Aurora, Illinois. Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st, 1867 (first edition; Chicago: Dean and Ottaway, 1867)
- Minutes of the Christian Convention, Held at Aurora, Illinois, Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st, 1867; With the Addition of a Sermon on Freemasonry (second edition, revised; Chicago: E. A. Cook, 1868), contrib. by Charles G. Finney (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Oddfellowship: Its Doctrine and Practice Examined in the Light of God's Word, and Judged by its Own Utterances (Chicago: E. A. Cook, 1878), by J. H. Brockmann
- Cenno Sull'Influenza che la Filosofia del Secolo XVIII, e le Società Segrete Ebbero Sulla Rivoluzione Francese (in Italian; Lucca: Presso F. Baroni, 1829), by H. K.
- De l'Influence Attribuée aux Philosophes, aux Francmaçons et aux Illuminés, Sur la Révolution de France (in French; Tubingen: J. G. Cotta, et al., 1801), by Jean Joseph Mounier (page images at HathiTrust)
- De l'Influence Attribuée aux Philosophes, aux Francmaçons et aux Illuminés, Sur la Révolution de France (in French; Paris: Ponthieu, 1822), by Jean Joseph Mounier (page images at HathiTrust)
- De l'Influence Attribuée aux Philosophes, aux Francmaçons et aux Illuminés, Sur la Révolution de France (second edition, in French; Paris: Schubart et Heideloff; Leipzig: Ponthieu, Michelsen et cie., 1828), by Jean Joseph Mounier (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lectures on Some Subjects of Modern History and Biography: Delivered at the Catholic University of Ireland, 1860-1864 (Dublin: W. B. Kelly; et al., 1864), by James Burton Robertson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Napoleonic Empire in Southern Italy and the Rise of the Secret Societies (2 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1904), by R. M. Johnston
- On the Influence Attributed to Philosophers, Free-Masons, and to the Illuminati, on the Revolution of France (London: Printed by W. and C. Spilsbury, 1801), by Jean Joseph Mounier, trans. by James Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rise and Progress of Revolution: A Charge to the Grand Juries of the County Courts of the Fifth Circuit of the State of Pennsylvania, at December Sessions, 1800 (reprint of an 1801 pamphlet), by Alexander Addison (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Secret Teachings of All Ages: An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy (1928), by Manly P. Hall (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
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