Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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I feel that courtly love is a legitimate kind of love. Many could argue why courtly love is an illegitimate love. This is mainly because courtly love is typically soiled in perpetual desire and lust between a knight and a noblewoman and sprouted into something more, which society was not willing to except. The love however, was much more legitimate in many more aspects then say a nobleman and noblewoman’s love. Marriage between a nobleman and noblewoman was often arranged. The two parties married rarely felt love for eachother. The marriage was used as a political tool rather than because of love. Courtly love happened between knights and married noblewomen. Knights were bound to the code of chivalry, so they would be good to the noblewoman. I therefore don’t feel that the nights were simply lusting after the noblewomen. They were in fact in love or trying to love the married noblewoman.
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You seem to ignore the aspects of Courtly Love that exist once one is in a relationship. Once they are with someone, the "rules" of courtly love seem strict and formulaic. Is this really love? Forcing yourself to not show your love in public? This does not sound like a completely legitimate kind of love.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tim. Courtly love seemed like something out of a rule book that had to be followed like law. If the feeling you feel for someone are true then you wouldn't let rules and regulations come between you and your feeling.
ReplyDeleteI need a little more from you. You only seem to cite one aspect of Courtly love (chivalry) that separates it from eros-love. Why are you so sure courtly love simply isn't really courtly lust?
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