A Treatise on Lovesickness William Marsiglio Margaret MacMillan

Margaret MacMillan

But the successes didn’t come without challenges

First published in book form as The Gates of Knowledge

Re-examining theorists from Matthew Arnold to Walter Benjamin

these reimagined roles call for expanded responsibilities

A Treatise on Lovesickness William Marsiglio Margaret MacMillanOriginally published in Toulouse in French in 1610, this translation of the 1623 edition of Ferrand's treatise, Of Lovesickness or Erotic Melancholy: A Scientific Discourse that teaches how to know the essence, causes, signs, and remedies of this disease of the fantasy, is a veritable summa on the topic of erotomania in the late Renaissance. As both a philosopher and a practicing physician, Ferrand saw his treatise as a medical book to help people,