Courtly love
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Courtly love was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry. Medieval literature is filled with examples of knights setting out on adventures and performing
God Speed by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1900: a late Victorian view of a lady giving a favor to a knight about to go into battle
Warfare imagery: the Siege of the Castle of Love on an ivory mirror-back, possibly Paris, c. 1350–1370 (Musée du Louvre)
Courtly vignettes on an ivory mirror-case, first third of the 14th century (Musée du Louvre)
Chivalry
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Chivalry, or the chivalric language, is an informal and varying code of conduct that developed in France between 1170 and 1220. It is associated with the medieval Christian institution of knighthood,
Courtly love
…Courtly love (Occitan: fin'amor ; French: amour courtois ) was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry. Medieval literature is filled with examples of knights setting out on adventures and performing various deeds or services for ladies because of their…
Konrad von Limpurg as a knight being armed by his lady in the Codex Manesse (early 14th century)
Reconstruction of a Roman cavalryman (eques)
Knights of Christ by Jan van Eyck