Courtly Love Courtly Love The romance of Courtly Love practised during the Middle Ages was combined with the Code of Chivalry. There were strict rules of courtly love and the art of courtly love was practised by the members of the courts across Europe during the Middle Ages. The romance, rules and art of courtly love allowed knights and ladies to show their admiration regardless of their marital state. It was a common occurrence for a married lady to give a token to a knight of her choice to
Courtly Love - Romanticising or Reality? Courtly love is known in general as a romantic and glamorous type of love, which was practised by the members of the courts across Europe during the Middle Age. Characteristic for courtly love is that the “object of the lovers affections was a married lady of high rank” that theoretical only could be adored at a distance however, the romantic custom of courtly love allows the knights and ladies to show their admiration regardless of their marital sex (Porter
Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University English Dissertations Department of English 12-12-2010 The Southern Gentleman and the Idea of Masculinity: Figures and Aspects of the Southern Beau in the Literary Tradition of the American South Emmeline Gros Georgia State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_diss Recommended Citation Gros, Emmeline, "The Southern Gentleman and the Idea of Masculinity: Figures and Aspects
Gay Warriors ay arriors A Documentary History from the Ancient World to the Present edited by B. R. Burg a New York University Press New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London © 2002 by New York University All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gay Warriors : a documentary history from the ancient world to the present / Edited by B. R. Burg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ––– (cloth
Artemis Fowl #4: THE OPAL DECEPTION by Eoin Colfer Eoin Colfer After his last run-in with the fairies, Artemis Fowl had his mind wiped of his memories of the world belowground. Any goodness he had grudgingly learned is now gone, and the young genius has reverted to his criminal lifestyle. Artemis is in Berlin preparing to steal a famously well-guarded painting from a German bank. Little does he know that his every move is being watched by his cunning old rival, Opal Koboi the evil pixie has