You may proclaim your love, serve your lady, assist her, let her know you are her slave till your death, perform certain acts of bravery in her name, where her token in battles, shower her with songs, ballads and poetry - but NEVER touvh her, do not spoil the etherical with the carnal!
Look up "Courtly Love" and you will find what you need about this topic.
Shakespeare's sonnets are filled with flatters, praises and rhetorical languages that are significant in courtly love. The fact that the addressee of Shakespeare's Sonnets is the "fair lord" a member of the same gender that Shakespeare belongs to, is where the confusion stems from regarding his sexuality. The content and the language he uses are for courtly love, yet the person whom he addresses is the "fair lord". The rhetoric question that Shakespeare brings forth in Sonnet 18 and gives the answer himself, "Shall I compare thee to the summer's day?/ Thou art more lovely and temperate" is and expression of his love towards the addressee. He goes on comparing the "fair lord's" beauty with the days of summer and states that the latter is temporary while "Thy summer shall not fade". In sonnet 74 too, he states the futility of his physical body and that the earth would take his body which is but earth itself but says, "My spirit is thine, the better part of me". In Sonnet 116, he talks about the eternity of love which remains unshaken in tempests and the love that moves to the last days of the Earth, reiterating explicitly what true love really means. He goes to the extent of being expression that if he was wrong, he never wrote and no man ever loved. All these features are the characteristics of courtly love that he expresses to the addressee, the "fair lord".
A convention is something that always happens in a Pantomime e.g. the audience joins in or there is some singing and dancing involved.
not sure but in America there only realy was one
beautiful drama that makes the audience good
courtly love is trying to get someone to fall in love with you with a chance of succeeding. unrequited love is when they dont love you back no matter how hard you try I cant find the definition of Courtly love in simple terms, am pretty sure the above is not it?
Andre has written: 'The art of courtly love' -- subject(s): Courtly love, Early works to 1800, Love
courtly love
A key factor in the increased popularity of poetry about courtly love in the Middle Ages was the cultural shift towards the romanticization of love and chivalry among the nobility. The troubadours and trouveres played a significant role in spreading these themes through their poetry and songs, which were often performed at courtly gatherings. Additionally, the rise of courtly love poetry coincided with the development of the concept of courtly etiquette and manners.
Chaucer introduces Pertelote in "The Nun's Priest's Tale" as a hen inspired by the doctrine of courtly love. He describes her as vital, charming, and responsible for bringing order and beauty to their household. Through Pertelote, Chaucer alludes to courtly love's themes of love, beauty, and chivalry.
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courtly love isn't really a practice, it's more of a mood, courtly love is something that romeo feels for juliet in (you guessed it) romeo and juliet, so I'll use this as an example: just in case you don't know, a lot of the play basically has romeo moping around being melancholy and obsessing over the fact that his love for juliet is forbidden, this moping around writing soppy poetry and seeming to be floating on lovestruck sadness, is courtly love.
Ffiona Swabey has written: 'Eleanor of Aquitaine, courtly love, and the troubadours' -- subject(s): Biography, Courtly love in literature, History, Marriage, Queens, Troubadours
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the cult of the virgin
It's thought to have originated in Provence with the troubadours.