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Eleanor of Aquitaine (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine/ #History #Cathars #CourtlyLove #EleanorofAquitaine
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damian entwistle · @ukdamo
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Green Groweth the Holly
- by Henry VIII
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In medieval Europe, a code of ethics known as chivalry developed which included rules and expectations that the nobility would, at all times, behave in a certain manner. https://www.worldhistory.org/Medieval_Chivalry/ #History #CourtlyLove #EdwardIIIofEngland #Jousting
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In Geoffrey Chaucer's first major work, The Book of the Duchess (c. 1370 CE), two genres of medieval literature are combined – the French poetic convention of courtly love and the high medieval dream vision – to create a poem of enduring power on the theme of grief. The piece was composed for Chaucer's friend John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (l. 1340-1399 CE) in honor of his late wife Blanche (...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1376/grief--consolation-in-chaucers-book-of-the-duchess/ #CourtlyLove #GeoffreyChaucer #MedievalLiterature
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