... those unfamiliar with the courtly language to be rooted within the courtly idiom, resembling courtly language in all but actual meaning. To take this sense of irony in contradiction further, Absalom as the pseudo- idealised courtly romancer behaves contrarily regarding his assumed ideals: simply because he dons the aesthetic of courtly love, romancing his Alyson at her window, does not make ... ...

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