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Title: The Art of Courtly Love
Source:
The Code of Chivalry
URL Source: http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall/chivalry.html
Published: Jun 26, 2006
Author: Andreas Capellanus
Post Date: 2006-06-26 20:18:22 by YertleTurtle
Keywords: None
Views: 145
Comments: 14
The Art of Courtly Love From The Art of Courtly Love by Andreas Capellanus Marriage is no real excuse for not loving. He who is not jealous cannot love. No one can be bound by a double love. It is well known that love is always increasing or decreasing. That which a lover takes against the will of his beloved has no relish. Boys do not love until they reach the age of maturity. When one lover dies, a widowhood of two years is required of the survivor. No one should be deprived of love without the very best of reasons. No one can love unless he is propelled by the persuasion of love. Love is always a stranger in the home of avarice. It is not proper to love any woman whom one would be ashamed to seek to marry. A true lover does not desire to embrace in love anyone except his beloved. When made public love rarely endures. The easy attainment of love makes it of little value: difficulty of attainment makes it prized. Every lover regularly turns pale in the presence of his beloved. When a lover suddenly catches sight of his beloved his heart palpitates. A new love puts an old one to flight. Good character alone makes any man worthy of love. If love diminishes, it quickly fails and rarely revives. A man in love is always apprehensive. Real jealousy always increases the feeling of love. Jealousy increases when one suspects his beloved. He whom the thought of love vexes eats and sleeps very little. Every act of a lover ends in the thought of his beloved. A true lover considers nothing good except what he thinks will please his beloved. Love can deny nothing to love. A lover can never have enough of the solaces of his beloved. A slight presumption causes a lover to suspect his beloved. A man who is vexed by too much passion usually does not love. A true lover is constantly and without intermission possessed by the thought of his beloved. Nothing forbids one woman being loved by two men or one man by two women.
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#1. To: YertleTurtle (#0)
Unless you are over 65, then, I think, the rules are relaxed. We are dealing with this with my MIL. DH passed four months ago, and she and BF are comming out to see DW in a week. Should be "interesting". Root canal techniques are interesting.
This is so true..!! Now this one " When made public love rarely endures".. not so sure.. isnt marriage a public expression of love and commitment?
Root canal techniques are interesting. LOL!!!
i agree..that one resonated.
The idea of courtly love goes back several hundred years, to the days of knights. I thought it was interesting how relevant, even today, these thoughts are.
"Benjamin Franklin was shown the new American constitution, and he said, 'I don't like it, but I will vote for it because we need something right now. But this constitution in time will fail, as all such efforts do. And it will fail because of the corruption of the people, in a general sense.' And that is what it has come to now, exactly as Franklin predicted." -- Gore Vidal
The very essense of people never change really.. no matter where in the world or when they lived..
Yes..that intimacy brings lovers to another level.. IMO.
Wrong. Love is never jealous. :p
Do I hear a fat lady singing?
The word "Hole" is nowhere in the article. ;-)
"Benjamin Franklin was shown the new American constitution, and he said, 'I don't like it, but I will vote for it because we need something right now. But this constitution in time will fail, as all such efforts do. And it will fail because of the corruption of the people, in a general sense.' And that is what it has come to now, exactly as Franklin predicted." -- Gore Vidal
.. uh huh :P
Good grief - good point. Dear. What a society we've become...
What I find interesting about these several centuries old ideas is that they were taught to kids. Most people don't do a very good job of teaching their kids about sex; shouldn't they also give them some information about love? "You can't love two people at one time." I'd have to agree. I don't think it's possible. "A man of good character is worthly of love." Well, golly, some women fall for bad boys, apparently because they think they can fix them. Nope. Good character is what counts. There is a lot of good advice in this article. Who teaches it anymore? School? Don't make me laugh. Church? I'm still laughing. Parents? Still laughing.
"Benjamin Franklin was shown the new American constitution, and he said, 'I don't like it, but I will vote for it because we need something right now. But this constitution in time will fail, as all such efforts do. And it will fail because of the corruption of the people, in a general sense.' And that is what it has come to now, exactly as Franklin predicted." -- Gore Vidal
I think it goes deeper than that.. (uh poor choice of words maybe?? :P ) But it's not that women think they can fix them in the beginning.. it's typically after the fact.. Women often are attracted to risk takers.. and I think it has to do with some biological/psychological factor..
When one lover dies, a widowhood of two years is required of the survivor.
#2. To: YertleTurtle (#0)
A lover can never have enough of the solaces of his beloved
#3. To: tom007 (#1)
Should be "interesting".
#4. To: Zipporah (#2)
A lover can never have enough of the solaces of his beloved
#5. To: Zipporah (#2)
Now this one " When made public love rarely endures".. not so sure.. isnt marriage a public expression of love and commitment?
#6. To: YertleTurtle (#0)
Crap - I thought this was about Courtney Love...
#7. To: YertleTurtle (#5)
The idea of courtly love goes back several hundred years, to the days of knights. I thought it was interesting how relevant, even today, these thoughts are.
#8. To: christine (#4)
i agree..that one resonated.
#9. To: YertleTurtle (#0)
He who is not jealous cannot love
#10. To: lodwick (#6)
Crap - I thought this was about Courtney Love...
#11. To: Critter (#9)
Wrong. Love is never jealous. :p
#12. To: YertleTurtle (#10)
The word "Hole" is nowhere in the article. ;-)
#13. To: Zipporah (#8)
#14. To: YertleTurtle (#13)
Well, golly, some women fall for bad boys, apparently because they think they can fix them. Nope. Good character is what counts.
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