Soon, courtly love was popular enough to have its own genre of slightly creepy self-help guides, including one that offered a series of points on how the infatuated courtly lover should behave.

How much courtly love was also sexual remains a point of historical contention. In his spinoff late-12th-century hit, “The Art of Courtly Love,” Andreas Capellanus codifies the rigid rules of ...

BOOK REVIEW ‘Tudors In Love’ claims that much of the dynasty’s dramas were shaped by the literary conceit of courtly love By Julia M. Klein Updated December 22, 2022, 6:18 p.m.

The Art of Courtly Love, translated by John Jay Parry. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. Emlen, Doug. 2014. Extravagant Weapons: The Story Behind Arms Races in Animals and Men.

John of Gaunt (1340-99), like many premodern historical figures, poses a problem for the contemporary biographer. Norman Cantor’s subject, the founder of the Lancastrian line, the richest man in ...

After the death of Beatrice (1290), Dante can offer prose explanations linking the poems. Their ardor follows the “courtly love” mode of French troubadours in the 12th and 13th centuries.

During this period, the concept of courtly love flourished, in which knights and noblemen would express their admiration for noblewomen through poetry, songs, and elaborate gestures.

Courtly Love and Medieval Romances: Boston Baroque Presents Handel’s ‘Ariodante’ By Lara R. Tan, Crimson Staff Writer May 27, 2025 ...