03/05/09

Stages of Courtly Love


Stages of Courtly Love

(Adapted from Barbara Tuchman)

Attraction to the lady, usually via eyes/glance

Worship of the lady from afar

Declaration of passionate devotion

Virtuous rejection by the lady

Renewed wooing with oaths of virtue and eternal fealty

Moans of approaching death from unsatisfied desire (and other physical manifestations of lovesickness)

Heroic deeds of valor which win the lady's heart

Consummation of the secret love Endless adventures and subterfuges avoiding detection

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