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Andreas Capellanus The Art of Courtly Love

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Chivalry In Pop Music

I bet you think that chivalry is gone Cause you ain't seen nothing like it in so long Its when you open her door Walk on one side of her Or give her your coat When its cold outside A man ain't a man until he's man to his woman Compliments and flowers really let's her know that you want her Let me spread it out C H I V A L R Y Girl if you think that chivalry is gone girl imma change your mind

-Usher

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Over the past 5 years there has been a vampire fad in pop culture. Almost every vampire character on television shows (true Blood, Vampire Diaries) and movies (Twilight Saga) are romanticized by their chivalrous actions. The above clip is a scene from Twilight where Edward opens the car door for Bella, capturing the attention of all the other students in the parking lot. The student's reactions praise the act of chivalry.

James Cameron's, Titanic (1997) is one of the most celebrated films in popular culture. Chivalry is present throughout the movie. This particular clip depicts the passengers boarding the lifeboats, and focuses on the fact that only women and children were allowed on the boats. Chivalry came at a high price for the men onboard Titanic.

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This musical number from the Walt Disney Film Enchanted, titled "Thats How You Know" presents the idea that chivalrous acts are what proves a mans love for a woman. Through this clip, pop culture is stressing the importance of chivalry to children. This is problematic because putting the idea of chivalry in children's ears at such a young age will likely shape the way they view it throughout their life.

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Chivalry is dead because women are alive. Women are sentient and capable.

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#Benevolent Sexism

Benevolent sexism and chivalry come with a friendly face, which helps them to find acceptance and approval, but they cement differences in status between men and women.

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5 Main Attributes of Courtly Love

1. Aristocratic. As its name implies, courtly love was practiced by noble lords and ladies; its proper milieu was the royal palace or court.

2. Ritualistic. Couples engaged in a courtly relationship conventionally exchanged gifts and tokens of their affair. The lady was wooed according to elaborate conventions of etiquette (cf. "courtship" and "courtesy") and was the constant recipient of songs, poems, bouquets, sweet favors, and ceremonial gestures. For all these gentle and painstaking attentions on the part of her lover, she need only return a short hint of approval, a mere shadow of affection. After all, she was the exalted domina--the commanding "mistress" of the affair; he was but her servus--a lowly but faithful servant.

3.Secret. Courtly lovers were pledged to strict secrecy. The foundation for their affair--indeed the source of its special aura and electricity--was that the rest of the world (except for a few confidantes or go-betweens) was excluded. In effect, the lovers composed a universe unto themselves--a special world with its own places (e.g., the secret rendezvous), rules, codes, and commandments.

4.Adulterous. "Fine love"--almost by definition--was extramarital. Indeed one of its principle attractions was that it offered an escape from the dull routines and boring confinements of noble marriage (which was typically little more than a political or economic alliance for the purpose of producing royal offspring). The troubadours themselves scoffed at marriage, regarding it as a glorified religious swindle. In its place they exalted their own ideal of a disciplined and decorous carnal relationship whose ultimate objective was not crude physical satisfaction, but a sublime and sensual intimacy.

5.Literary. Before it established itself as a popular real-life activity, courtly love first gained attention as a subject and theme in imaginative literature. Ardent knights, that is to say, and their passionately adored ladies were already popular figures in song and fable before they began spawning a host of real-life imitators in the palace halls and boudoirs of medieval Europe. (Note: Even the word "romance"--from Old French romanz--began life as the name for a narrative poem about chivalric heroes. Only later was the term applied to the distinctive love relationship commonly featured in such poems.)(Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia,2011,1)

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Reality of courtly love....

"Courtly love, celebrated in numerous songs and poems, was the romantic ideal of western Europe in the Middle Ages. Yet, human nature being what it is, the realities of sexual desire and the complications it brings were never far away", says Julie Peakman in the article...

The tale of Guinevere and Lancelot is a very well known story from the Middle Ages that displays courtly love. Lancelot was knighted when he became one of Arthur's allies. He admired Arthur's queen, Guinevere, but was quiet about his admiration. Eventually the admiration turned into emotions exchanged by both and eventually disloyalty. This caused destruction of the Round Table and Lancelot's seemingly innocent admiration led to the fall of Camelot.

Courtly love was originally a love of poetry and songs written by male for his lover admired at a distance. A man was supposed to woo (capture) his Lady and her love by being brave and noble in order to impress her and receive favors in return. This could eventually link to the idea of chivalry being a male offering his assistance to a women in expectation of “sexual” favors in return"( Julie Peakman, 1).

Some admirers would put the women they desired before all of their wants and needs just to gain their attention and attraction because by doing so some men from poor families could attain great wealth and become knights by gaining admiration from wealthy and noble women.

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