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The Art of Courtly Love | Andre (le chapelain.)

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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 at Queen Eleanor's court at Poitiers between 1170 and 1174 into "one of those capital works which reflect the thought of a great epoch, which explain the secret of a civilization."

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The Art of Courtly Love | Andre (le chapelain.)

My best friend picked me up a copy, because as it turns out, Andreas Capellanus is a distant relative of mine!

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The Art of Courtly Love | Andre (le chapelain.)

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This is *probably* a satirical work but Andreas Capellanus wasn't quite funny enough so instead it's been read for hundreds of years as an instruction manual on how to get girls even though EVERY MAN IN IT is a WOMAN BLAMING JERK. You want to know where plenty of our worst social expectations surrounding love come from, read this. Anthropologically important, personally infuriating.

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