Mathieu of Boulogne

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 Jean Le Fèvre de Ressons 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.