Description: Acknowledgments 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

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