A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

courtly love Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with C » countrywide ... covetously » courtly love


courtly love
noun
    1. In medieval literature: a conception and tradition of love in which a knight idealizes his lady and sublimates his love for her in submission, service and devotion.


Click Here