Courtly love
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| - | '''Courtly love''' was a [[medieval Europe]]an conception of ennobling love which found its genesis in the ducal and princely courts in regions of present-day [[southern France]] at the end of the 11th century. In essence, courtly love was a contradictory experience between [[eroticism|erotic desire]] and spiritual attainment, "a love at once illicit and morally elevating, passionate and [[Self-discipline|self-disciplined]], humiliating and exalting, human and [[Transcendence (philosophy)|transcendent]]".<ref>[[Francis X. Newman]], ed. (1968). ''The Meaning of Courtly Love'', vii.</ref> | + | '''Courtly love''' was a [[medieval Europe]]an conception of ennobling love which found its genesis in the ducal and princely courts in regions of present-day [[southern France]] at the end of the 11th century. In essence, courtly love was a contradictory experience between [[eroticism|erotic desire]] and spiritual attainment, "a love at once illicit and morally elevating, passionate and [[Self-discipline|self-disciplined]], humiliating and exalting, human and [[Transcendence (philosophy)|transcendent]]". |
| The term "courtly love" was first popularized by [[Gaston Paris]] in 1883, and has since come under a wide variety of definitions and uses, even being dismissed as nineteenth-century [[romanticism|romantic]] fiction. Its interpretation, origins and influences continue to be a matter of discourse. | The term "courtly love" was first popularized by [[Gaston Paris]] in 1883, and has since come under a wide variety of definitions and uses, even being dismissed as nineteenth-century [[romanticism|romantic]] fiction. Its interpretation, origins and influences continue to be a matter of discourse. | ||
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Courtly love was a medieval European conception of ennobling love which found its genesis in the ducal and princely courts in regions of present-day southern France at the end of the 11th century. In essence, courtly love was a contradictory experience between erotic desire and spiritual attainment, "a love at once illicit and morally elevating, passionate and self-disciplined, humiliating and exalting, human and transcendent".
The term "courtly love" was first popularized by Gaston Paris in 1883, and has since come under a wide variety of definitions and uses, even being dismissed as nineteenth-century romantic fiction. Its interpretation, origins and influences continue to be a matter of discourse.
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