Chivalry and Courtly Love By Santi GarciaMosley amp Emily Mitchell Humanities 1st Period Troubadours Poets who grew in number from the 11th to the 13th century Traveling musicians ID: 426961
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Troubadours,
Chivalry,
and
Courtly LoveSlide2
By Santi Garcia-Mosley & Emily Mitchell
Humanities
1st PeriodSlide3
TroubadoursSlide4
Poets who grew in number from the 11th to the 13th century
Traveling musicians
Invented a lyrical poetry with a meter, rhyme, and with a romantic, sensual force
Originated from Old Occitan
Modern day Southern France
Earliest form of the Occitan Romance languages
Who are they?Slide5
Traveling
Traveled from village to village spreading music and news
Went to the major cities of Europe or to the Holy Land, accompanying people who went on the CrusadesSlide6
Music
Romantic ballads
Typically about Chivalry and Courtly love
Their songs told stories of faraway lands and historical events
Lutes were the main instrument usedSlide7
Nobles and knights from Crusades
Nobility
King Alfonso II of Aragon
Richard the Lionheart of England
Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Made troubadours a part of the English society
Elite TroubadoursSlide8
Types of Troubadours
Trouveres
Troubadours of Northern France (wrote in French)
Jongleurs
Assistants to the troubadours
Would dance, conjure, do acrobatics, and juggle
Minnesingers
German troubadours that used a viol Slide9
ChivalrySlide10
What is it?
Comes from the French word chevalier meaning a horseman - a knight or a “gallant young man”
Was the honor code of the knight
Was admired and understood by all
Had rules in regard to honor, bravery, courteousness, and honestySlide11
Code of Chivalry made by CharlemagneSlide12
For his beauty the ladies hold him dear;
Who looks on him, with him her heart is pleased,
When she beholds, she can but smile for glee.
Was no pagan of such high chivalry
Song of Roland - Talks about the Code of Chivalry Slide13
Courtly LoveSlide14
What is it?
Combined with the Code of Chivalry and the art of Chivalry
Allowed knights and ladies to show their admiration
Story of Sir Lancelot is an example of this
Queen Guinevere (married to King Arthur) was in love with him
Many court romances were
fueled by Courtly Love
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Rules of Medieval Courtly Love
Written by Andreas Capellanus
Demonstrate how playing this game could lead to problems within the court circle
Some include
Marriage is no real excuse for not loving
He who is not jealous cannot love
When one lover dies, a widowhood of two years is required of the survivor
A new love puts to flight an old one
A man who is vexed by too much passion usually does not love
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Love Poems and Songs
Courtly Love was
published
in poems, ballads, writing, and literary works
Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubadour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Occitan
http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-music/troubadours.htm
http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-knights/chivalry.htmhttp://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-knights/medieval-courtly-love.htm
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