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Fairy Tale Romance

Courtly love is a fairy tale idea displayed during the medieval times. It was an idealized sort of relationship that could not exist within the context of "real life." The lady in the courtly love relationship was typically older, married and of higher social status than the knight, and she was the focus of the young, unmarried knights' desire. A knight's love for the lady inspired him to do great deeds, in order to be worthy of her love or to win her favor. The courtly love relationship may have been invented in part to provide these young men with a model for appropriate behavior. It taught them to form their energy into love service rather than wandering around the countryside, stealing or raping women.

The movie, "The Knight's Tale" is a strong example of courtly love. It take


In Geoffrey Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales the "Wife of Bath's" tale exhibits courtly love in more of a female's perspective. The Wife is definitely a person who has been around because she has had five husbands. She is a worldly person who has experienced the world through love and sex. The Wife is a talented woman of high social status. Her current husband, Bath is fighting for a place among the great European exporters of cloth in order to help his Wife, the seamstress. This shows courtly love because the Wife will reward a man when she gets what she wants from him. Therefore, the man will do great deeds in order to win her favor, just as her husband is doing while she tells her story.

s place during Medieval Europe. Joselyn is the object of Sir Ulrich's affection. He would do anything to attain her lo

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