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The short, narrative poems generally focus on glorifying the concept ofcourtlylovethrough the adventures of their main characters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their songs dealt mainly with themes of chivalry andcourtlylove.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It satirizescourtlylove, turning it upside down.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Courtlylovewas a secret, unrequited and highly respectful form of admiration for another person.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Both set texts that elaborate variants of the type of mixed-gender exchange that characterised late sixteenthcenturycourtlylovediscourse.
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It is surely no accident that this particular formulation, 'amor de lonh', has come to encapsulate the basic experience of 'courtlylove'.
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One could speak, with the troubadours, of the invention of new traditions which would eventually formalise certain cultural ideals of the aristocracy and become what we call 'courtlylove'.
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The poem treats a staple subject ofcourtlylove, constancy in absence, through the questions of the male interlocutor to a woman separated from her lover.
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It is usually associated with ideals of knightly virtues, honour andcourtlylove.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The story introduces various typical aspects of knighthood such ascourtlyloveand ethical dilemmas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Eighteen of his works have survived, all in one manuscript and all in the tradition of the troubadours andcourtlylove.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The chief exception is the work of the troubadours and the minnesnger, whose primary innovation was the ideal ofcourtlylove.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once the custom ofcourtlylovehad faded, his fate was regarded less sympathetically.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Royal and noble courts saw the development of chivalry and the ethos ofcourtlylove.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The predominant theme of the "grand chant" wascourtlylove, but topics were more broad than in the "canso", especially after the thirteenth century.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is an expression of the medieval genre ofcourtlylovein a "prosimetrum" style, a combination of both prose and verse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was he who first injected the spirit ofcourtlyloveand romantic chivalry into what had previously been little more than a warrior myth.
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