Art of Courtly Love

Name: Art of Courtly Love
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ISBN: 9780231073059

ISBN-10: 0231073054

ISBN-13: 9780231073059

Edition: 1990

Authors: Andreas Capellanus, John Jay Parry, John Jay Parry

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After becoming popularized by the troubadours of southern France in the twelfth century, the social system of 'courtly love' soon spread. Evidence of the influence of courtly love in the culture and literature of most of western Europe spans centuries. This unabridged edition of The Art of Courtly Love codifies life at Queen Eleanor's court at Poitiers between 1170 and 1174 into 'one of those capital works which reflect the thought of a great epoch, which explain the secret of a civilization.' This translation of a work that may be viewed as didactic, mocking, or merely descriptive, preserves the attitudes and practices that were the foundation of a long and significant tradition in…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/16/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 218
Size: 0.54" wide x 0.82" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Andreas Capellanus (Andre the Chaplain) wrote The Art of Courtly Loveat the request of Countess Marie of Troyes, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine. The book is believed to have been intended to portray conditions at Queen Eleanor's court at Poitiers between 1170 and 1174, but Capellanus wrote it most likely several years later.



Editor's Introduction


Author's Preface



Introduction to the Treatise on Love



What Love Is



Between What Persons Love May Exist



Where Love Gets Its Name



What the Effect of Love Is



What Persons Are Fit for Love



In What Manner Love May Be Acquired and in How Many Ways



The Love of the Clergy



The Love of Nuns



Love Got With Money



The Easy Attainment of One's Object



The Love of Peasants



The Love of Prostitutes



How Love May Be Retained



How Love, When It Has Been Acquired, May Be Kept



How a Love, Once Consummated, May Be Increased



In What Ways Love May Be Decreased



How Love May Come to an End



Indications That One's Love Is Returned



If One of the Lovers Is Unfaithful to the Other



Various Decisions in Love Cases



The Rules of Love



The Rejection of Love


Bibliography


Genealogical Table