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Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Ffiona Swabey
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-09-30 - Publisher: Greenwood

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The author offers an accessible overview of the vibrant personal and intellectual developments in the medieval court and monasteries during Eleanor of Aquitaine
The Art of Courtly Love
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Andreas (Capellanus.)
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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The social system of 'courtly love' soon spread after becoming popularized by the troubadours of southern France in the twelfth century. This book codifies life
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
Language: en
Pages: 452
Authors: Amy Kelly
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1950 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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An account of Queen Eleanor which describes her dramatic life as a queen, her marriages, and her contributions to that period.
Andreas Capellanus on Love
Language: la
Pages: 358
Authors: Andreas (Capellanus.)
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: Bristol Classical Press

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The De Amore of Andreas Capellanus (André the Chaplain), composed in France in the 1180s, is celebrated as the first comprehensive discussion of theory of cour
The Troubadours
Language: en
Pages: 346
Authors: Simon Gaunt
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-06-28 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The dazzling culture of the troubadours - the virtuosity of their songs, the subtlety of their exploration of love, and the glamorous international careers some