ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The term courtly love (amour courtois, amore cortese, fin’ amor) was coined by the literary critic and philologist Gaston Paris in 1883 in an essay on Chretien de Troyes’s Conte de la Charrette to define the chivalric love bond between Lancelot and Guinevere.

Detailed explanation-2: -As noted, ‘courtly love’ was coined by French writer Gaston Paris only in 1883 CE, and the concept was not fully developed until 1936 CE by C. S. Lewis in his Allegory of Love.

Detailed explanation-3: -This system involving relationships, sexual affairs, marriage, and romance within Chrétien’s reflection of Arthur’s court was known as “courtly love, ” and played a role equally as important as chivalry in forming a foundation of social structure.

Detailed explanation-4: -Andreas wrote The Art of Courtly Love (De arte honeste amandi) circa 1184 in the form of a letter to his (almost certainly fictional) friend, Walter, who’s seeking advice on how to get laid.

Detailed explanation-5: -Origination: The roots of courtly love as an idea are believed to be from Southern France’s Court at Poitiers where Duke William IX’s granddaughter, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was said to be an early advocate of the practice and later inspired Andreas Capellanus to write De Amore.