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McEvolge English October 6 2011 Outline (Rough Draft) Courtly Love Topics: How Courtly love got started v History v Chivalry Stages of Courtly love: v Steps v How it was preformed v Who preformed it Emotional Effects of Courtly love: v Effect on woman v Effect on man Aftermath: v Consequences v Secret Escapades History v Courtly love- code of behavior that defined the relationship between aristocratic lovers in Western Europe during the Middle Ages, usually involving a knight and a married or betrothed lady v Invented by Gaston Paris in the 19th century to describe the attitude of romantic troubadours at the beginning of the 12th century v The term courtly love is vague and complex because the term has been developed over many centuries v More of a modern term, not used in the Middle Ages v Started with many troubadours writing lyric poems about the courtship of knights and women of high nobility Chivalry - A major influence on courtly love due to courtly love involving the knights - The terms of courtly love say that a knight should fully devote himself to a married or betrothed woman of court - Courtly love had a very high influence on the knights, despite the fact that it went against the knights code of chivalry - The principal virtues of a chivalrous knight were piety, honor, chastity, honor, courtesy, and loyalty Stages of Courtly Love v Steps - Attraction of the lady by the knight - Admiration of the lady by the knight from afar - Declaration of passionate devotion to the lady - Virtuous rejection by the lady - Continued wooing by the knight - Knight suffers from lovesickness - Knight shows off valor by performing heroic deeds - Consummation of the secret love

- Secret Rendezvous without the detection of the husband How It was performed v v v v v v v v A knight would see a lady he wanted to have engagements with and admire her from afar After many times of admiring her from afar, he would then confess his love for her and try to win her over The lady would then reject him due to her having to maintain her purity, the highest sexual state in the Middle Ages was virginity Continued wooing by the knight The knight would then become lovesick due to the rejection of his love He would then demonstrate heroic deeds that would win him his loves heart They would then consummate their relationship After they, would go on various secret escapades to avoid detection by the husband

Emotional Effects of Courtly Love v Woman - Guilt ( having an affair with another man) - Regret ( Quite possibly she could regret the whole affair) - Joy ( Another man is willing to show off himself for her) - Reluctance ( not sure is she wants to break her vow of chastity and become unpure) Men - Lovesick ( being denied the love of his lady) - Guilt ( taking another mans wife and violating his vow of chivalry)

Aftermath v Consequences - If caught by the husband the wife and the knight could get into some serious problems - Adultery is highly frowned upon by the church and they could be severely punished - The knight is breaking his law of chivalry which could have serious consequences v Secret Escapades - The knight and the lady try to go on secret dates so that the husband does not detect anything