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Definition of Courtly love
1. Noun. (Middle Ages) a highly conventionalized code of conduct for lovers.
Definition of Courtly love
1. Noun. A mediaeval European conception of noble and chivalrous love, generally secret and between members of the nobility. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courtly Love
Literary usage of Courtly love
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indebtedness of Chaucer's Works to the Italian Works of Boccaccio: (a by Hubertis Maurice Cummings (1916)
"courtly love is illicit and, foi the most part, adulterous. "Indeed, in the
courtly love system marriage has no place." 3. ..."
2. English Literature: From the Norman Conquest to Chaucer by William Henry Schofield (1906)
"Even in early forms of the story of Tristram and Ysolt we get hints of the new
conceptions of courtly love that were soon to pervade mediaeval romance. ..."
3. The Arthur of the English Poets by Howard Maynadier (1907)
"Besides setting forth these rules and others for unquestioning obedience in a
lover, the Flos Amoris explains the system of courtly love by considering ..."
4. Trouvères and Troubadours: A Popular Treatise by Pierre Aubry (1914)
"I have laid stress on the need for Christian ideals to inspire courtly love with
its noble and lofty qualities. When a trouvere followed up the praises of ..."
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