Courtly Love Love is the number one feeling people desire in their lives. Love can help you overcome the worst of times. Courtly love, (also known as Chivalric love) originated with the so-called troubadours of the late eleventh century. Though we hear stories of chivalry and knights protecting women during battles, there is still a sense of chivalry and courtly love in today’s society.
The "courtly love" relationship typically was not between husband and wife, not because the poets and the audience were inherently immoral, but because it was an idealized sort of relationship that could not exist within the context of "real life" medieval marriages. When I think of courtly love I think of “Romeo and Juliet”, Romeo went to Juliet’s window at night, climbed up the wall just to be with her because the Caplets and the Montague families did not get along. They had a feud amongst their families, but that never stopped Romeo and Juliet from pursuing their love for one another. …show more content…
Courtly love had to do with knights proving their worthiness for a lady. An idea that exists often in medieval works is that the male counts himself as a vassal of the female and follows her every wish for the sake of love. “A courtly lover was dedicated to his lady just as a peasant was dedicated to his lord - or just as a lord was dedicated to his king.” The often used term “lovesick”, is a typical saying you hear when people are ‘head over heels’ for someone. Eleanor of Aquitaine and her daughter Marie coined the term we know as “courtly love”. Courtly love carried out through what we currently picture as
The "courtly love" relationship typically was not between husband and wife, not because the poets and the audience were inherently immoral, but because it was an idealized sort of relationship that could not exist within the context of "real life" medieval marriages. When I think of courtly love I think of “Romeo and Juliet”, Romeo went to Juliet’s window at night, climbed up the wall just to be with her because the Caplets and the Montague families did not get along. They had a feud amongst their families, but that never stopped Romeo and Juliet from pursuing their love for one another. …show more content…
Courtly love had to do with knights proving their worthiness for a lady. An idea that exists often in medieval works is that the male counts himself as a vassal of the female and follows her every wish for the sake of love. “A courtly lover was dedicated to his lady just as a peasant was dedicated to his lord - or just as a lord was dedicated to his king.” The often used term “lovesick”, is a typical saying you hear when people are ‘head over heels’ for someone. Eleanor of Aquitaine and her daughter Marie coined the term we know as “courtly love”. Courtly love carried out through what we currently picture as