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Courtly
Love


Elizabeth Partin
Courtly Love

   The romance of Courtly Love practiced
    during the Middle Ages was combined
    with the Code of Chivalry. There were
    strict rules of courtly love and the art of
    courtly love was practiced by the
    members of the courts across Europe
    during the Middle Ages. The
    romance, rules and art of courtly love
    allowed knights and ladies to show their
    admiration regardless of their marital
    state. It was a common occurrence for a
    married lady to give a token to a knight
    of her choice to be worn during a
    Medieval tournament. There were rules
    which governed courtly love but
    sometimes the parties, who started their
    relationship with such elements of
    courtly love, would become deeply
    involved. A famous example of a
    relationship which was stirred by
    romantic courtly love and romance is
    described in the Legend of King
    Arthur, where his Queen, Guinevere fell
    in love with Sir Lancelot. Many illicit
    court romances were fuelled by the
    practice and art of courtly love.
The Origins of Courtly Love
 The origins of Courtly Love were believed to be in Aquitaine in
  France in the 12th century and spread to other European
  countries. The art of courtly love was practiced in English
  courts from the 1300's to the 1500's. During this period of
  time marriages were arranged and had little to do with love. A
  successful marriage was perceived as one that brought
  material advantages to the participants and their families. As
  love was clearly unrelated to marriage the requirement for
  romance could be gained outside marriage - as long as the
  rules relating to chastity and fidelity were strictly adhered to.
The Rules of Courtly Love
 The violence      •   Marriage is no real excuse for not loving
  and wars of the   •   He who is not jealous, cannot love
                    •   No one can be bound by a double love
  Middle Ages       •   It is well known that love is always increasing
  were tempered         or decreasing
                    •   That which a lover takes against the will of his
  by the Rules of       beloved has no relish
  Courtly Love.     •   Boys do not love until they arrive at the age of
                        maturity
  The following     •   When one lover dies, a widowhood of two
  rules and             years is required of the survivor
                    •   No one should be deprived of love without the
  elements of           very best of reasons
  Courtly Love      •   No one can love unless he is impelled by the
                        persuasion of love
  during the        •   Love is always a stranger in the home of
  Middle Ages           avarice
                    •   It is not proper to love any woman whom one
  were written by       would be ashamed to seek to marry
  the 12th          •   A true lover does not desire to embrace in love
                        anyone except his beloved
  Century           •   When made public love rarely endures
  Frenchman, An     •   The easy attainment of love makes it of little
                        value; difficulty of attainment makes it prized
  dreas             •   Good character alone makes any man worthy of
  Capellanus:           love
    If love diminishes, it quickly fails and rarely revives
    A man in love is always apprehensive
    Real jealousy always increases the feeling of love
    Jealousy, and therefore love, are increased when one suspects his beloved
    He whom the thought of love vexes eats and sleeps very little
    Every act of a lover ends in the thought of his beloved
    A true lover considers nothing good except what he thinks will please his beloved
    Love can deny nothing to love
    A lover can never have enough of the solaces of his beloved
    A slight presumption causes a lover to suspect his beloved
    A man who is vexed by too much passion usually does not love
    A true lover is constantly and without intermission possessed by the thought of his
     beloved
    Nothing forbids one woman being loved by two men or one man by two women




    The above rules
    of Courtly love
    demonstrate
    how playing this
    game could lead
    to all kinds of
    problems within
    the court circle.
Courtly Love Poems and Songs
   The ideals of courtly love was publicized in the poems, ballads, writings and
    literary works of various authors of the Middle Ages. Geoffrey Chaucer, the
    most famous author of the Middle Ages, wrote stories about courtly love in his
    book Canterbury Tales. The Miller's Tale describes the art of courtly love.
    Geoffrey Chaucer exhibited courtly love for the beautiful Blanche, the wife of
    John of Gaunt. Whereas his marriage to Phillippa de Roet was seen as a good
    but practical match. The wandering minstrels and troubadours of the Middle
    Ages sang ballads about courtly love and were expected to memorize the words
    of long poems describing the valour and the code of chivalry followed by the
    Medieval knights. The Dark Age myths of Arthurian Legends featuring King
    Arthur, Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table further strengthen the idea
    of a Knights Code of Chivalry and Courtly Love.
Implications of Courtly Love
   What practical effect did the convention of courtly
    love have on the situation of women in the Middle
    Ages? Very little, if we are to believe social
    historians, who point out that there is no
    evidence to show that the legal and economic
    position of women was materially enhanced in
    any way that can be attributed to the influence of
    fin' amors. In a broader cultural
    context, however, it is possible to discern two
    long range effects of courtly love on western
    civilization. For one thing, it provided Europe with
    a refined and elevated language with which to
    describe the phenomenology of love. For
    another, it was a significant factor in the
    augmented social role of women. Life sometimes
    has a way of imitating art, and there is little
    doubt that the aristocratic men and women of the
    Middle Ages began to act out in their own loves
    the pattern of courtly behavior they read about in
    the fictional romances and love lyrics of the
    period. The social effect was to accord women
    preeminence in the great, central, human activity
    of courtship and marriage. Thus women became
    more than just beloved objects--
    haughty, demanding, mysterious; they
    became, in a very real sense, what they have
    remained ever since, the chief arbiters of the
    game of love and the impresarios of refined
    passion.
Work Cited
• http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/courtly-love.htm

• http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melan
  i/cs6/love.html

• http://www.google.com/courtly/love/images

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Courtly love

  • 2. Courtly Love  The romance of Courtly Love practiced during the Middle Ages was combined with the Code of Chivalry. There were strict rules of courtly love and the art of courtly love was practiced by the members of the courts across Europe during the Middle Ages. The romance, rules and art of courtly love allowed knights and ladies to show their admiration regardless of their marital state. It was a common occurrence for a married lady to give a token to a knight of her choice to be worn during a Medieval tournament. There were rules which governed courtly love but sometimes the parties, who started their relationship with such elements of courtly love, would become deeply involved. A famous example of a relationship which was stirred by romantic courtly love and romance is described in the Legend of King Arthur, where his Queen, Guinevere fell in love with Sir Lancelot. Many illicit court romances were fuelled by the practice and art of courtly love.
  • 3. The Origins of Courtly Love  The origins of Courtly Love were believed to be in Aquitaine in France in the 12th century and spread to other European countries. The art of courtly love was practiced in English courts from the 1300's to the 1500's. During this period of time marriages were arranged and had little to do with love. A successful marriage was perceived as one that brought material advantages to the participants and their families. As love was clearly unrelated to marriage the requirement for romance could be gained outside marriage - as long as the rules relating to chastity and fidelity were strictly adhered to.
  • 4. The Rules of Courtly Love  The violence • Marriage is no real excuse for not loving and wars of the • He who is not jealous, cannot love • No one can be bound by a double love Middle Ages • It is well known that love is always increasing were tempered or decreasing • That which a lover takes against the will of his by the Rules of beloved has no relish Courtly Love. • Boys do not love until they arrive at the age of maturity The following • When one lover dies, a widowhood of two rules and years is required of the survivor • No one should be deprived of love without the elements of very best of reasons Courtly Love • No one can love unless he is impelled by the persuasion of love during the • Love is always a stranger in the home of Middle Ages avarice • It is not proper to love any woman whom one were written by would be ashamed to seek to marry the 12th • A true lover does not desire to embrace in love anyone except his beloved Century • When made public love rarely endures Frenchman, An • The easy attainment of love makes it of little value; difficulty of attainment makes it prized dreas • Good character alone makes any man worthy of Capellanus: love
  • 5. If love diminishes, it quickly fails and rarely revives  A man in love is always apprehensive  Real jealousy always increases the feeling of love  Jealousy, and therefore love, are increased when one suspects his beloved  He whom the thought of love vexes eats and sleeps very little  Every act of a lover ends in the thought of his beloved  A true lover considers nothing good except what he thinks will please his beloved  Love can deny nothing to love  A lover can never have enough of the solaces of his beloved  A slight presumption causes a lover to suspect his beloved  A man who is vexed by too much passion usually does not love  A true lover is constantly and without intermission possessed by the thought of his beloved  Nothing forbids one woman being loved by two men or one man by two women The above rules of Courtly love demonstrate how playing this game could lead to all kinds of problems within the court circle.
  • 6. Courtly Love Poems and Songs  The ideals of courtly love was publicized in the poems, ballads, writings and literary works of various authors of the Middle Ages. Geoffrey Chaucer, the most famous author of the Middle Ages, wrote stories about courtly love in his book Canterbury Tales. The Miller's Tale describes the art of courtly love. Geoffrey Chaucer exhibited courtly love for the beautiful Blanche, the wife of John of Gaunt. Whereas his marriage to Phillippa de Roet was seen as a good but practical match. The wandering minstrels and troubadours of the Middle Ages sang ballads about courtly love and were expected to memorize the words of long poems describing the valour and the code of chivalry followed by the Medieval knights. The Dark Age myths of Arthurian Legends featuring King Arthur, Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table further strengthen the idea of a Knights Code of Chivalry and Courtly Love.
  • 7. Implications of Courtly Love  What practical effect did the convention of courtly love have on the situation of women in the Middle Ages? Very little, if we are to believe social historians, who point out that there is no evidence to show that the legal and economic position of women was materially enhanced in any way that can be attributed to the influence of fin' amors. In a broader cultural context, however, it is possible to discern two long range effects of courtly love on western civilization. For one thing, it provided Europe with a refined and elevated language with which to describe the phenomenology of love. For another, it was a significant factor in the augmented social role of women. Life sometimes has a way of imitating art, and there is little doubt that the aristocratic men and women of the Middle Ages began to act out in their own loves the pattern of courtly behavior they read about in the fictional romances and love lyrics of the period. The social effect was to accord women preeminence in the great, central, human activity of courtship and marriage. Thus women became more than just beloved objects-- haughty, demanding, mysterious; they became, in a very real sense, what they have remained ever since, the chief arbiters of the game of love and the impresarios of refined passion.
  • 8. Work Cited • http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/courtly-love.htm • http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melan i/cs6/love.html • http://www.google.com/courtly/love/images