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The Olde Daunce: Olde Daunce: Love, Friendship, Sex, and Marriage in the Medieval World The nature of intimate relations in the middle ages. They explore the relations between love and companionship, equality, and power; and between expressions of love and creativity, literacy, voyeurism, chastity, hate and other issues. The overall impression is that people used to do it in a very scholarly manner. Spenser and the System of Courtly Love Eleanor of Aquitaine: "This biography succeeds where so many others have failed precisely because of its honesty and its refusal to compromise with the evidence". Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Legend The Love Poems by Ovid Ovid's love poems were brilliant and innovative. This edition contains Amores, Cosmetics for Ladies, and The Cures for Love. ...illuminates Ovid's conception of love - as a game at which both sexes can play without getting hurt - providing they stick to the poet's rules. The Love Poems Eleanor of Aquitaine Paperback, 389pp, by Marion Meade: Viking Penguin A literary and historical survey of aphrodisiacs, their objectives, techniques and effectiveness. This fascinating dictionary by H.E. Wedeck covers every aspect of the subject with examples from around the world: foods, drinks, plants, etc. A new copy is not available at this time. There are 71 used copies of this title still available. A Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs The Women Troubadours: An Introduction to the Women Poets of 12th-Century Provence and a Collection The Knight and Chivalry: The Knight and Chivalry (Revised) A new copy is not available at this time. There are 38 used copies of this title available. A complete source for information on the social, moral and personal qualities of the knight. Thorough examination of knighthood, jousts, warfare, crusades and the chivalric code. Chivalry A Reader's Catalog Selection of the 40,000+ best books in print. A leading medieval historian discusses the complex reality of chivalry: its secular foundations, the effects of the Crusades, the literature of knighthood, and the social and moral obligation of nobility. The Origins of Table Manners, Vol. 3 by Claude Levi-Strauss: Love's Fools: A new copy is not available at this time. There are only TWO used copies of this title still available. Love's Fools: Aucassin, Troilus, Calisto and the Parody of the Courtly Lover System of Courtly Love: The purpose of this study is to set forth the principal articles of the system of courtly love, together with some indications regarding their origin and development and the modifications wrought in them by the genius of Dante. System of Courtly Love Rare and Out of Print Books Click here to search for used and old books.

The Courts of Love: This is historical fiction, and while we rarely select fictional works this is so well done we wanted to present it here. Also it has the advantage of being in AUDIO FORMAT so you can listen while you drive or relax. This fifth volume in the Queens of England Series is devoted to Eleanor of Aquitaine, who divorced the King of France and married the King of England. Mother of Richard the Lionhearted and King John (of Magna Carta fame), she presided over "The Court of Love" and rode bare-breasted on the Crusades. Evoking the beautiful, tempestuous and sensual woman who divorced the King of France and married the King of England, Plaidy employs the ingratiating domestic details that are characteristic of her historical storytelling. Despite a hobbling first-person narrative that tends to repetition, the novel is dramatic in the sweep of its background and in the vividly realized events of Eleanor's long life. Raised with the Provencal languor of the courtly love tradition in her native Aquitaine, her beauty the toast of jongleurs, Eleanor relieves the tedium of her marriage to the pious French King Louis by daringly joining the Crusaders. She further shocks by pursuing her attraction to unattractive Henry Plantagenet, lured as much by the English crown as by the mutual sensuality that produces her favorite son, the enigmatic Richard the Lionhearted. Later, ambitious, headstrong Eleanor locks wills with Henry, leading to her imprisonment for many years. Even then, Eleanor remains central to the tumultuous epoch that witnessed the murder of Thomas a Becket and other royal infamies. Plaidy's prose style is serviceable at best, lacking in grace and nuance. Readers who enjoy easily accessible historical fiction, however, will find Eleanor's story adequately told. On 16 Audio Cassettes. The Courts of Love Andreas and the Ambiguity of Courtly Love A Reader's Guide to the Roman de la Rose: A Reader's Guide to the Roman de la Rose This work provides an excellent introduction to the scholarly study of the Roman de la Rose. It will be particularly useful to these interested in the Roman de la Rose as an influence on many subsequent works in various languages. . . . Although there is much critical material in Luria's work, its major purpose is that of a guide. . . . A new copy is not available at this time. There is only ONE copy of this title still available. The Romance Of The Rose: .....is the culminating work of the medieval courtly tradition. The first half is an idealistic account of a lover's adventures, the second a cynical satire against love and the church....A rich tale about the Lover and his quest (against the admonishments of Reason and the obstacles set by Jealousy and Resistance) to pluck the fair Rose in the Enchanted Garden. Includes sixty-four miniature illustrations from thirteenth- and fifteenth-century manuscripts, and the notes are keyed to the Langlois edition, on which the translation is based. Elegant and precise translation of the Old French text, with line-by-line rendering in contemporary English. The Romance of the Rose The Origins of Courtliness: Civilizing Trends and the Formation of Courtly Ideals, 939-1210 Double Flame: Love and Eroticism: Elegant, pensive and intimate...a brilliant synthesis of ideas. Noble Laureate Octavio Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism and love in this collection of essays. Beginning with Plato's Symposium, he gives a short history of love and eroticism in literature throughout the ages. Double Flame: Love and Eroticism New Readings of Late Medieval Love Poems This collection offers new and challenging scholarly interpretations of six major "Chaucerian" love poems from Clanvowe's "Cuckoo and the Nightingale" (1385) to the early Renaissance "Court of Love" (c. 1530). This study reveals previously overlooked subtlety and irony of these works, including an original, in-depth look at the neglected icon of this erotic poetry, the hawthorn tree... contributes to the ongoing debate about the meaning of love in Middle English, and medieval, poetry. Check out the contents page. Natural History of Love ( This has been one of my favorite books for over thirty years, and was, in fact, the book that began my love of history. It is full of little-known events and personal information that I have yet to see elsewhere and that continue to fascinate me. - EB, Ages Past ) A wide-ranging, deep-probing history of what love has meant in the Western world. Primarily a history of emotional relationships between the sexes, it is for everyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the bond that unites men and women. This expanded and revised edition of Hunt's 1959 social history chronicles the meaning of love from ancient times to the present. A Great read for history lovers too....brilliant panorama of the ways men & women have loved & felt about love, from the early Greek to the present day. A new copy is not currently available. There are about 185 used copies of this title available. A Knight and His Weapons Everything you wanted to know about spears, lances, axes, maces, hammers, swords, daggers, and even crude firearms. Oakeshott presents the history of each weapon, including how it was made and used in battle.

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