In Pursuit of Perfection: Courtly Love in Medieval Literature

1977 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 385
Author(s):  
R. T. Davies ◽  
Joan M. Ferrante ◽  
George D. Economou
Keyword(s):  
Medieval Literature ◽  
Courtly Love

scholarly journals Defining and Defending the Middle Ages with C. S. Lewis

Humanities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Murdoch
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Medieval Literature ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Courtly Love ◽  
The Self ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Love Song ◽  
Universal Values ◽  
Love Lyric ◽  
The Middle Ages

The scholarly writings of C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) have both inspired the study of the Middle Ages and confirmed the relevance to the humanities that medieval literary texts can have for the present. He was aware that the straitjacket implied by periodisation can blind us to the universal values presented in medieval literature. Qualitative assumptions made about the (usually undefined) Middle Ages include an alienating remoteness, and also a general ignorance, especially of science and technology. Lewis drew attention to the knowledge of astronomy, for example, and pointed out that medieval technical skills in architecture, agriculture and medicine are important for us to be aware about. Three medieval works illustrate this universality with respect to technical skills (the Völundarkviða); identity and the self (the Hildebrandslied); and the popular love-song (the courtly love-lyric). Lewis cautioned against pejorative terms like ‘Dark Ages’, noted problems of perspective in assessing all pre-modern literature, and showed that earlier works have a continuing value and relevance.

scholarly journals Amor y guerra en la poesía de Jorge Manrique. Análisis del decir “Castillo de amor”

Medievalia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-98
Author(s):  
Marucha Claudia Piña Pérez ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medieval Literature ◽  
Courtly Love ◽  
Love Poetry ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Constitutive Element

Courtly love poetry from the 15th century has currently become one of the main fields of study of Medieval literature. Among the most prominent authors in this field is Jorge Manrique, author of 26 lyrical dits, and highly known for the Coplas a la muerte de su padre. This investigation proposes the study of the amplificatio resources as a constitutive element of the construction of the love discourse. The loving qualities of the lyrical lover are emphasized in the “Castillo de amor” dit through the repetitive use of the collatio occulta and the prosopopoeia, amplificatio techniques defined by Godofredo de Vinsauf in Poetria Nova.

In Pursuit of Perfection: Courtly Love in Medieval Literature

1977 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 374
Author(s):  
Caroline Locher ◽  
Joan M. Ferrante ◽  
George D. Economou
Keyword(s):  
Medieval Literature ◽  
Courtly Love

scholarly journals Freedom, Love, Nobility: The Falkenmotiv in Medieval and Modern German Literature, with an Emphasis on Werner Bergengruen’s “Die drei Falken”

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Albrecht Classen
Keyword(s):  
German Literature ◽  
Medieval Literature ◽  
Courtly Love ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
Individual Freedom ◽  
Personal Freedom ◽  
Selection Of

Medieval literature has deeply shaped modern literature through many different channels. Sometimes entire works were translated or paraphrased into modern languages, sometimes medieval motifs, themes, figures, or concepts impacted modern texts. This article examines one remarkable example, Werner Bergengruen’s highly popular novella “Die drei Falken” (1928) the source of inspiration of which was loosely Boccaccio’s story told on Day V, no. 9 in his Decameron (ca. 1350). Throughout time, the falcon has regularly symbolized courtly love, nobility, and the desire for individual freedom. After a discussion of Boccaccio’s text and a selection of medieval examples where the same motive appears, this article examines how Bergengruen transformed the symbol of the falcon into an expression of human nobility and deeply felt desire for personal freedom.

On the origin of khutū

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. LAVERS ◽  
M. KNAPP
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Medieval Literature ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
New Hypothesis

Khutū was a material derived from an animal used by Medieval Asian peoples in the manufacture of knife handles and as an alexipharmic. Al-Bīrūnī (973–1048) made extensive enquiries into the origin of khutū but reached no definite conclusion. Literary scholars in the first half of the twentieth century identified the walrus and narwhal as probable sources, but in ignoring aspects of the literature on khutū’s appearance and provenance left a number of questions unanswered. We clarify and extend this research and identify further clues to the identity of khutū. We concur that walrus ivory was one source of khutū, suggest that the remains of “Ice Age” mammals may have influenced development of the medieval literature on khutū more than previous investigators realized, and offer a new hypothesis of khutū’s origin.

The God Amor, the Cruel Lady, and the Suppliant Lover: C.S. Lewis and Courtly Love in Chapter One of The Allegory of Love

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-181
Author(s):  
Salwa Khoddam
Keyword(s):  
Edmund Spenser ◽  
Courtly Love ◽  
Historical Imagination

Lewis’s “effort of the historical imagination” in The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition—commensurate with his innate romanticism—bolstered by like-minded writers as his sources, resulted in his reconstructing of Courtly Love and its characters as a fantasy. While this approach limited his understanding of Courtly Love, its origins and its relationship to marriage and adultery, it allowed him to create a mythology of a Religion of Love: a “quasi-religion” of “service love” between a chevalier/poet and his sovereign lady, under the auspices of the god Amor. This view would elevate the medieval Anglo-French allegorical poem, which he will discuss in the following chapters of his book, as the foundation of the best of poetry that led to Chaucer and Edmund Spenser, his favorite poet.

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