Courtly love, the love of courtliness, and the history of sexuality / James A. Schultz.
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Chicago :
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2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : courtly sexuality and the history of love
- Causa materialis : what sort of bodies are involved?
- 1. Parzival's penis : a brief history
- 2. The sexual identity of courtly lovers
- 3. The aphrodisiac body on display
- Causa efficiens : what gets them going?
- 4. The danger of heterosexuality
- 5. Love without desire
- 6. Aristophilia
- Causa formalis : how do they manage it?
- 7. Single singers : suffering alone in public
- 8. Chivalric couples : knights, ladies, and marriage
- 9. Secret lovers : Tristan, Isold, and the watchman at dawn
- Causa finalis : what do they get out of it?
- 10. Four degrees of intimacy
- 11. Taking courtly love at its word
- 12. Masculine anxiety and the consolations of fiction.
