This work takes a fresh look at the problem of courtly love through that novel body of literature that emerged in the 12th century, obsessed with courtship, adultery and marriage. Nickolaus provides the reader with a concise critical discussion of the courtly love debate through broad historical and comparative analysis. At the level of plot there is a model that explains rhetoric, ideology and the proper place of amorous motifs in the context of prevailing Christian doctrines and attitudes.
This work takes a fresh look at the problem of courtly love through that novel body of literature that emerged in the 12th century, obsessed with cour...
