Introduction

I. Classical Antecedents

Marriage law and custom in Imperial Rome
Misogyny and mirth: Juvenal's Sixth Satire as prototype

II. Ascetic Misogamy

Eschatology, dualism, and virginity in the patrisitc period
St. Jerome's Adversus Jovinianum as radical critique

III. Philosophic Misogamy

The great and lesser silence: The reemergence of anti-marriage literature in the twelfth century
Secularism and satire in the work of Abelard, John of Salisbury, Walter Map, Hugh of Folietto, Peter of Blois, and Andreas Fieschi

IV. General Misogamy

Canon Law, comedy, and clausura in the late Middle Ages
Wykked Wyves: A tradition reasserted in De conjuge non ducenda, Quinze joies de mariage, and the Wife of Bath's "Prologue"

Conclusion

Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works

Notes

Index