The Art Of Courtly Love Analysis

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Many people view courtly love as a glamourous romance. A man willing to do anything to win the love a lady. These men are willing to risk their lives to prove that they deserve a lady’s love while the woman stays in their home and just waits until someone can accomplish the task that they had given out. The Art of Courtly love, written by Andreas Capellanus, tells the story a knight named brition who is on a quest to retrieve the hawk, in getting the Hawk he will prove his love for the “beautiful

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