courtly love en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) A mediaeval European conception of noble and chivalrous love, generally secret and between members of the nobility.
The impression that courtly love is out of date, long superseded by modern manners, is a lure blinding us to how the logic of courtly love still defines the parameters within which the two sexes relate to each other.
2005, Slavoj Žižek, The Metastases of Enjoyment: Six Essays on Women and Causality, Verso, →ISBN, page 89:
Translations (11)
pt amor cortês (Translations) · nl hoofse liefde (Translations) · es amor cortés (Translations) · oc fin'amor (Translations) · fr amour courtois (Translations) · pl miłość dworska (Translations) · ru куртуа́зная любо́вь (Translations) · de Minne (Translations) · it amor cortese (Translations) · ca amor cortès (Translations) · fi hovirakkaus (Translations)