| The concept of courtly love developed among the aristocratic classes of Europe during the late 1100s. In courtly love, a man passionately devoted himself to a woman who was married or engaged to another man. Because medieval marriages were little more than business contracts, courtly love functioned as the only true romance in the lives of many Europeans. As exemplified in this painting, Couple Amoureux (Amorous Couple), medieval artists, troubadors, and authors used courtly love as an integral theme in much of their work. |
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