Preface and Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - The Man with the Book, or \'Who Painted the Lion?\' - Two Ideals: The Dame and the Duchess - Two Misfits: The Nun and the Wife - The Amazon and the Wise Woman, or \'God Knows What She Thought\' - The Merchandise of Love: Winners and Wasters - The Merchandise of Love: Wives and Merchants - Real Women in Imaginary Gardens - The Saints - Criseyde - The Women in the Books - Sex, Discourse and Silence -Notes - Index