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  1. Preface
  2. I. The Matriarchate
  3. II. Celibacy
  4. III. Canon Law
  5. IV. Marquette
  6. V. Witchcraft
  7. VI. Wives
  8. VII. Polygamy
  9. VIII. Woman And Work
  10. IX. The Church Of To-Day
  11. X. Past, Present, Future

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Margaret was canonized in 1251, and made the Patron Saint of Scotland in 1673. Several of the Scotch feudalry, despite royal protestation, kept up the infamous practice until a late date. One of the earls of Crawford, a truculent and lustful anarch, popularly known and dreaded as “Earl Brant,” in the sixteenth century, was probably among the last who openly claimed leg-right, the literal translation of droit de jambage.--Sketches of Feudalism.

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