Courtly Love vs. Medieval Love

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Madison Butler English 10 May 12, 2013 Comparison Essay Today’s Courtship vs. Medieval Courtship Courtly love is a highly conventionalized medieval tradition of love between a knight and married noblewomen. Love in the time of chivalry was very proper and put together well. It wasn’t necessarily about love but about arranged marriages and possessions. In the times of knights there were rules when it came to “love” but as the years went on to where they are now we have begun to find love on our own and the rules and arranged marriages weren’t needed anymore. We have come a long ways to get to love the way it is now. However love always has the same foundation and people build off it however they wish to. This is where we are the same however we also share differences. All in all, the thing that separates love now and love in chivalric times is the time in between us, the technology, and the way people acted. Other than that love is generic and all people feel it the same. It’s a great thing and it’s been here since the beginning of time till this day now. It’s a major part of our lives and without it we wouldn’t be the same. When two people first realize that they like each other all they want to do is be in each other’s company. That applies to all people now and in medieval time. One of the conventions in chivalric times is “The lover is smitten through the eyes and the beloved’s image is imprinted in his heart/brain.” This is saying that once he sees her, her image is stuck in his heart and brain. All he can think about is her. The same goes for the 21st generation in a sense. Majority of the times when two people like each other they can’t help but think of each other. Hormones cause those types of feelings and everyone has them. So it makes sense why both sets of people feel the same way. The next point is “Initially, he fears to make his love known to
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