Andreas Capellanus on Love (Paperduck)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (539 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0715616900 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 330 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Strife of Love in a Dream said Excellent background for Middle Ages history buffs.. A series of dialogues between men and women of various social ranks concerning why love should be accepted or rejected, written during the Middle Ages. There are other bits, such as Courts of Love and long letters written to this or that person, but that's mostly it.I found it an interesting read. You hear a lot about "courtly love", but nobody really talks about the underpinnings of the tradition. Since the writer was a monk, one truly wonders just what in the world he knows about love, but upon reading the dialogues,. Its not about love, its about behavior Kelly Berger I bought this as research material for codes of conduct. The feel of the book shows the writers background in the clergy, the book focuses more on the traditional courting behavior than on love itself. Its wonderful as a complex example of a code of conduct, but sheds little light in the direction of true relationships. Very interesting as a period piece, its seems to be more reflective of the romantic visions of the middle ages than the reality.. "How Capellanus reshaped romance" according to Kindle Customer. Andreas Capellanus, chaplain at the court of Countess Marie de Champagne, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, wrote this treatise on courtly love in the 12th century--ostensibly to educate a friend--and thus set a new standard for lovers. Capellanus' work may have been intended as a satirical reworking of Ovid's Ars Amatoria, or it might have been influenced by the Arabic views of love in The Dove's Neck-Ring by Ibn Hazm a Mozarabic writer of the 11th century. Whatever his intent, his work, The Art of Courtly Love, influ
He translated The Satyricon and The Golden Ass, and authored Livy: His Historical Aims and Methods (also published by Bloomsbury).. P.G Walsh was Professor of Latin at the University of Glasgow, UK, and elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Latin
As such, it is important for its connections to themes of contemporary Latin lyric, in troubadour poetry and in the French romances of Chrétien de Troyes. Walsh includes Trojel's Latin text with his own facing English translation with explanatory notes, commentary and indexes, along with introduction which sets the treatise in its contemporary context and assesses its purpose and importance.. The book is believed to have been intended to portray conditions at Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine's court at Poitiers bet