solely on her status as noble and, again, not because of who she is as a person.
So courtly love was only barely a step above for the role of women in literature. They were still objects, but instead of being pawns, they were prizes.
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love was expressed most clearly through jealousy which proved one's devotion
It's funny because nowadays we'd find this expression of love unhealthy and a bit obsessive, but back then it was what one wanted
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and possibly a social game of sorts
They wanted men to vie after them for power? For fun?
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No consensus has been reached on which of these theories is correct, but scholars do agree that this kind of poetry was unprecedented in medieval Europe and coincided with an idealization of women.
I feel like if the literature was so popular then it definitely happened, whether or not it was widespread. where there's smoke theres fire
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Catharism
"Catharism was a Christian dualist or Gnostic movement between the 12th and 14th centuries which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France" (wikipedia)
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