Courtly Love. Literature & Language. Research Paper (Research Paper Sample)

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Courtly Love
The concept of courtly love originated from Europe during the middle Ages whereby nobility and chivalry were emphasized when it came to love. This type of love usually involved cases whereby young men, whether peasants or kings, developed the feelings of love towards a rich lady and set out to do brave things in order to prove that they were deserving of her. In some other instances, the young man in question would sing beautiful love songs to show that he was worthy of the lady. In medieval Europe, it was very common to witness this courtly love driving knights on adventures in a bid to please their ladies. The very idea of courtly love has had an impact on real love in terms of civilizing it and helping improve its morality. Even today, people in love engage in practices and actions that prove that courtly love is still in existence in the modern age as will be discussed in this paper.