Ebook {Epub PDF} The Art of Courtly Love by Andreas Capellanus

Paris showed that the sometimes puzzling forms and customs of love that appeared in medieval romance, most notably Chrétien de Troie's Lancelot, were exactly those recommended by Andreas Capellanus. (For a translation of Lancelot [From the Online Medieval and Classical Library maintained by Douglas B. Killings at Berkeley] click here). Paris popularized the label "courtly love" (amour . The Art of Courtly Love by Andreas Capellanus ENH Audience: The audience is people who want to read literature from the Middle Ages or read Capellanus’ work. Purpose: The purpose is to inform readers the rules and etiquette of love.  · Andreas Capellanus (Capellanus meaning "chaplain"), also known as Andrew the Chaplain, and occasionally by a French translation of his name, André le Chapelain, was the 12th-century author of a treatise commonly known as De amore ("About Love"), and often known in English, somewhat misleadingly, as The Art of Courtly Love, though its realistic, somewhat cynical tone /5.

Rules of Courtly Love. The following set of rules is based on the De Amore of Andreas Capellanus, as adapted in Appendix 1 of Ann S. Haskell's A Middle English Anthology (Detroit: Wayne State UP, ).To find out more about Andreas Capellanus, click here. Andreas Capellanus: The Art of Courtly Love, (btw. ) DE ARTE HONESTE AMANDI [The Art of Courtly Love], Book Two: On the Rules of Love. Marriage is no real excuse for not loving. He who is not jealous cannot love. No one can be bound by a double love. Andreas provides sample dialogues and advice for various cases (e.g., a man of the higher nobility speaking with a woman of the middle class, love of nuns, love of prostitutes, etc.). This material is strikingly similar to self-help The Art of Dating books and material perpetually popular on newsstands and in magazines.

Andreas Capellanus (Capellanus meaning "chaplain"), also known as Andrew the Chaplain, and occasionally by a French translation of his name, André le Chapelain, was the 12th-century author of a treatise commonly known as De amore ("About Love"), and often known in English, somewhat misleadingly, as The Art of Courtly Love, though its realistic, somewhat cynical tone suggests that it is in some mea. The Art of Courtly Love was written by Andreas Capellanus (Andre the Chaplain) at the request of Countess Marie of Troyes, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine. It is believed to describe Queen Eleanor’s court at Poitiers ( –), but was probably written several years after that. The Art of Courtly Love was originally written in Latin. Andreas Capellanus, The Art of Courtly Love () Andreas "the Chaplain" writes this essay in three parts and addresses it to his young male friend, Walter, who apparently has asked for instruction. The first part discusses what love is and how love may be obtained. The second part discusses how love may be preserved.