Courtly love (Occitan: fin'amor [finaˈmuɾ]; French: amour courtois [amuʁ kuʁtwa]) was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized...

courtly love sometimes permitted expressions of emotional closeness that may have been lacking from the union between husband and wife. Courtly love did...

further from the epics as time went on; in particular, "the emphasis on love and courtly manners distinguishes it from the chanson de geste and other kinds...

love, empty love, companionate love, consummate love, infatuated love, amour de soi, and courtly love. Numerous cultures have also distinguished Ren,...

known as "The Court of Love", where courtly love thrived. While troubadours both attended her court and praised her, the Court of Love was a later literary...

Courtly Love may refer to: De amore, a twelfth century treatise by Andreas Capellanus known in English as The Art of Courtly Love The Art of Courtly Love...

which was becoming popular during the 12th century, and the ideal of courtly love propagated in the contemporary Minnesang and related genres. The ideas...

The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry and courtly love. Most were metaphysical, intellectual, and formulaic. Many were humorous...

Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. Platonic love was the theme of some of the courtly masques performed in the Caroline era, though the fashion...

Harrier, Canon of Wyatt, pp.27–9 Heale, Elizabeth (1995). "Women and the Courtly Love Lyric: The Devonshire MS (BL Additional 17492)". The Modern Language...