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Andreas Capellanus: The Art of Courtly Love, (btw. 1174-1186) DE ARTE HONESTE AMANDI [The Art of Courtly Love], Book Two: On the Rules of Love Marriage is no real excuse for not loving. He who is not jealous cannot love. No one can be bound by a double love. It is well known that love […]
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Chivalry “Chivalry” comes from the French word chevalier, a “man on horseback.” The Age of Chivalry, as an historical concept, refers to the period in European history between the First Crusade (c. 1100) and the Reformation (c.1500). The concept of the chivalric knight is largely a literary version that grew out of the cycles of […]