KnowraCourtly loveLinked fromLinked fromThe 56 pages that link to Courtly love, each with the reason it gives.All 56Broader topic 1Related 46Narrower topic 1Compared with 8CourtshipCompared with: Its literary convention is distinct from the modern relationship-forming process meant here.Royal courtCompared with: The ideal borrowed the language of court hierarchy, but describes a literary code rather than court government.François VillonCompared with: Villon borrows its language but frequently turns idealized desire toward bodily need and comic failure.Jean de MeunCompared with: Jean de Meun’s continuation challenges the idealized love that shapes Guillaume de Lorris’s opening.As You Like ItCompared with: Rosalind’s practical coaching gently parodies idealized romantic convention.Agnès SorelCompared with: Its idealized language contrasts with the political realities of Sorel’s relationship with the king.Robert HenrysonCompared with: Henryson's Robene and Makyne turns the expected pursuit of the beloved into a sharp reversal.The Book of Good LoveCompared with: The poem borrows courtly language but repeatedly exposes desire’s bodily and comic dimensions.