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Courtly Love. The Ideal of Pure Love. Love defined:. “a certain inborn suffering derived from the signt of and excessive meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex.” --Andreas Capellanus. Origins of Courtly love.
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Courtly Love The Ideal of Pure Love
Love defined: “a certain inborn suffering derived from the signt of and excessive meditation upon the beauty of the opposite sex.” --Andreas Capellanus
Origins of Courtly love • Some people think it came from the matriarchal society of the Celtic people • The Celts worshipped goddesses; • Women were the superior gender • That’s why the woman is so exalted in courtly love!
Courtly Love was VERY idealistic. • The woman was put on a pedestal—she was the “beloved.” • The man or “lover” spent his time serving his beloved and wasting away thinking about her.
Courtly love involved • Arranged marriages • Paramours • Unrequited love (unreturned) • Very high emotions sometimes.
Courtly love was viewed as an art with rules • When a lover dies, a widowhood of two years is required for the survivor. • Every act of the lover ends in the thought of his beloved. • A true lover considers nothing good unless he thinks it will please his lover. • Nothing forbids one woman being loved by two men or one man by two women. • **See “31 Rules for Lovers” by AndreausCappelanus
