LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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they deemphasized the importance of chastity
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they redefined women as attainable vs unattainable, rather than virgin vs whore
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they indicated that women’s sexual conduct should not be classified by men
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they rarely explored issues of sexuality, love, or romance
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1936 C. S. Lewis wrote The Allegory of Love further solidifying courtly love as a “love of a highly specialized sort, whose characteristics may be enumerated as Humility, Courtesy, Adultery, and the Religion of Love". Later, historians such as D. W. Robertson Jr., in the 1960s and John C.
Detailed explanation-2: -Courtly love, also called refined love, refers to a romantic relationship between two unmarried people in medieval times. These love relationships were not physical, but based on flirting, dancing, and the chivalrous efforts of knights and other noble young men to curry favor from ladies at court.
Detailed explanation-3: -More often than not, such a love expressed itself in terms that were feudal and religious. Thus, just as a vassal was expected to honor and serve his lord, so a lover was expected to serve his lady, to obey her commands, and to gratify her merest whims. Absolute obedience and unswerving loyalty were critical.
Detailed explanation-4: -Definition. Courtly Love (Amour Courtois) refers to an innovative literary genre of poetry of the High Middle Ages (1000-1300 CE) which elevated the position of women in society and established the motifs of the romance genre recognizable in the present day.