Definition of courtly love
: a late medieval conventionalized code prescribing conduct and emotions of ladies and their lovers
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The name for our modern holiday comes from St. Valentine of Terni, who has become linked with the idea of courtly love.
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Chaucer envisioned a linear decay of language and poetry stretching into the future, and Malory yearned to restore a (make-believe) past of courtly love.
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First Known Use of courtly love
1702
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