The courtly love tradition is based on a man’s chivalry and admiration towards a woman. This kind of love isn’t about a physical sexual relationship or even intended to become a serious relationship. Courtly emerged  during the 12th to 14th century because marriages of this time were based on increasing wealth or status and courtly love was not something that happened inside a marriage.  Petrarch’s is an example of this admiration of beauty that is so emphasized in courtly love. “then blonde hair was veiled. and loving glances gathered to themselves.” Petrarch talks about how he’s admiring this woman with blonde hair from a far and only is exchanging glances with her makes this a perfect example of the admiration and noble kind of love  result  by code of conduct.