EN 4504 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sir Orfeo, Enide, Chrétien De Troyes
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Essay one -> no secondary sources (just the text you are doing) Naming of the author (cid:523)don"t use last name(cid:524) Changes in 12 century -> there"s still numerous courts. Early medieval french courts travelled through the lands. *peace weaver -> women marrying into families that have feud in order to relieve peace. There is no set of rules of courtly love/how to be a good knight. There is often an assumption that there are sets of rules for knights to follow. Courtly love does not have rules (do not use in essay) Chivalry: honourable, loyal, military pursuits, power/high standing, how to get money -> marriage. Lanval -> does not have money; not recognized by the king even though he was amazing. Many of these knights were not rewarded for being knights. 314 -> her description/detail of her; distinct from the women at court or maker her an idealized female, a reward for the knight; like the deserved reward.
