Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Prologue 11
5. Part one
6. Chapter one. How he who madly loves is displeasing to god 19
7. Chapter two. How he who loves his neighbor's wife offends god, himself, and his neighbor 21
8. Chapter three. How love is the cause of death, violence, and war 22
9. Chapter four. How he who loves is in his loving altogether fearful 25
10. Chapter five. How he who loves hates his father and mother, his kin and friends 27
11. Chapter six. How lovers, loving, lose the respect of others 28
12. Chapter seven. How many go mad from loving 30
13. Chapter eight. How chastity and continence are noble virtues in god's creatures 31
14. Chapter nine. How love causes many to perjure themselves and commit crimes 33
15. Chapter ten. How the greater a man’s ardor in lechery is, the greater is his repentance once it is accomplished 35
16. Chapter eleven. How the priest and even the layman are destroyed by love 37
17. Chapter twelve. How he who loves is diligent in nothing but his love 38
18. Chapter thirteen. Of the evil thoughts that come to him who loves 39
19. Chapter fourteen. How love is the cause of deaths and other evils 42
20. Chapter fifteen. How marriages are destroyed by love 42
21. Chapter sixteen. How he who gives himself to lechery loses his strength 48
22. Chapter seventeen. How the learned lose their learning through love 50
23. Chapter eighteen. How a woman's love is full of deceit 55
24. Chapter nineteen. How he who madly loves trangresses the ten commandments 61
25. Chapter twenty. How he who madly loves breaks the first commandment 62
26. Chapter twenty-one. Of the second commandment 63
27. Chapter twenty-two. Of the third commandment 65
28. Chapter twenty-three. Of the fourth commandment 66
29. Chapter twenty-four. Of the fifth commandment 67
30. Chapter twenty-five. Of the sixth commandment 71
31. Chapter twenty-six. Of the seventh commandment 72
32. Chapter twenty-seven. Of the eighth commandment 73
33. Chapter twenty-eight. Of the ninth commandment 74
34. Chapter twenty-nine. Of the tenth commandment 76
35. Chapter thirty. Of the first deadly sin 77
36. Chapter thirty-one. Of the second deadly sin 80
37. Chapter thirty-two. Of the third deadly sin 80
38. Chapter thirty-three. Of the fourth deadly sin 81
39. Chapter thirty-four. Of the fifth deadly sin 82
40. Chapter thirty-five. Of the sixth deadly sin 83
41. Chapter thirty-six. Of the seventh deadly sin 85
42. Chapter thirty-seven. How he who loves loses all the virtues 87
43. Chapter thirty-eight. Conclusion: how all evils proceed from love 97
44. Part two
45. Chapter one. Of the vices, blemishes, and evil ways of perverse women, and first i shall speak of avarice 101
46. Chapter two. How woman is a gossip and a backbiter 109
47. Chapter three. How women, because of their cupidity, love all comers 113
48. Chapter four. How woman is envious of all more beautiful than she 116
49. Chapter five. How woman's constancy depends upon what you give her 124
50. Chapter six. How woman is two-faced 128
51. Chapter seven. Of disobedience in wives 132
52. Chapter eight. How proud woman cares not what she says or does 138
53. Chapter nine. How woman is given to windy boastfulness 141
54. Chapter ten. How woman perjures herself falsely swearing 145
55. Chapter eleven. How a man should be on his guard against a drunken woman 149
56. Chapter twelve. How a chattering woman always talks about the affairs of others 153
57. Chapter thirteen. How women love any man they please, of whatever age 155
58. Chapter fourteen. How the only wisdom is to love god, and all else is folly 161
59. Part three
60. Chapter one. Of the complexions 169
61. Chapter two. Of the sanguine man 170
62. Chapter three. Of the choleric man 170
63. Chapter four. Of the phlegmatic man 171
64. Chapter five. Of the melancholy man 172
65. Chapter six. How the signs influence the parts of the body 173
66. Chapter seven. Of the attributes of the sanguine man 175
67. Chapter eight. Of the choleric man: what qualities he has for loving and being loved 181
68. Chapter nine. Of the melancholy man: how he is given to quarreling 186
69. Chapter ten. Of the phlegmatic man: his qualities for loving or being loved 187
70. Chapter eleven. Of matrimony 191
71. Notes 198
72. Bibliography 200