Mathieu of Boulogne, or Matheolus, was a 13th-century French cleric and poet. He is the author of the Liber lamentationum Matheoluli (The Lamentations of Matheolus) (ca. 1295) a work arguing that marriage makes men's lives miserable. The book was translated from the original Latin into French by at the end of the 14th century. The Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan was primarily written in response to the Lamentations. External links http://www.theabsolute.net/misogyny/matheol.html French poets 13th-century French writers French male poets 13th-century Latin writers 13th-century French poets