| | PAGE |
| Introduction | [ix] |
| CHAPTER I |
| Gilles de Retz. 1404–1420 |
| His Name, Family, Marriage, and Education | [1] |
| CHAPTER II |
| Gilles as a Soldier. 1420–1429 |
| First for John V., Duke of Brittany, against the House of Blois. He Joins the Army of France and is Assigned to Duty with Joan of Arc. Crowning of the King, and Gilles made Marshal of France | [9] |
| CHAPTER III |
| Gilles’s Life at Home in Brittany 1430–1439 |
| The Personal Appearance of Gilles de Retz. An Epitome of his Life. His Extravagance and Ruinous Expenditures. His Inheritance. His Sales and Transfers of Property. His Love for the Theatre. Mysteries. That of the Siege of Orleans. Mysteries at Nantes. The Cathedral. Expensive Visit to Orleans. Maison de la Suze. The Decree of the King Interdicting his Sale or Incumbrance of Property. An Increasing Demand for Money Drives him to Magic in Search for the Philosopher’s Stone and the Transmutation of Base Metals into Gold. Magic | [24] |
| CHAPTER IV |
| Gilles’s Crimes |
| Gilles’s Abduction of Children. His Familiars. Château de Tiffauges. First Process against Gilles. Warrant. Arrest and Imprisonment. Château de Nantes | [64] |
| CHAPTER V |
| Gilles’s Trial before the Ecclesiastical Tribunal |
| The Ecclesiastical Tribunal. Record in the Archives of Loire-Inférieure. The Trial. His Confession. Judgment and Sentence | [93] |
| CHAPTER VI |
| The Trial before the Civil Court |
| Trial before the Civil Court. Depositions. Conviction and Sentence | [167] |
| CHAPTER VII |
| The Execution | [177] |
| APPENDIX A |
| Mother Goose Publications | [183] |
| APPENDIX B |
| Bluebeard Stories | [186] |
| APPENDIX C |
| Mystery of the Siege of Orleans | [189] |
| APPENDIX D |
| Depositions in Civil Court against Gilles | [195] |
