courtly
111Minnesang — German courtly love poetry, or Minnesang, emerged around 1170, produced both by GOLIARDIC singers who wandered from court to court looking for patrons of their art, and also by members of the highest aristocratic circles. The first signs of… …
112Reinmar der Alte — ca. 1150–ca. 1210) Text to WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE, Reinmar der Alte has always been viewed as the most important Middle High German courtly love poet. GOTTFRIED VON STRASSBURG, for instance, in his TRISTAN (ca. 1210), laments Reinmar’s… …
113Tournament of Tottenham, The — (ca. 1400–1440) The Tournament of Tottenham is a poem of 234 lines surviving in two manuscripts, written in the Northern dialect of MIDDLE ENGLISH, although its setting is in the south, near London. It is a rollicking burlesque of a courtly… …
114Troilus and Criseyde — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1385) Troilus and Criseyde is Geoffrey CHAUCER’s longest complete poem, at 8,239 lines of RHYME ROYAL stanzas, divided into five books. Written in the mid to late 1380s, soon after The KNIGHT’S TALE and his… …
115Walther von der Vogelweide — (ca. 1175–ca. 1230) Both contemporaries and posterity have always recognized Walther von der Vogelweide as the most influential Middle High German poet of erotic, political, and religious songs. Although many towns in Austria and Germany today …
116polite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. mannerly, civil, courteous, gracious; gallant, courtly, polished, well bred, refined. See courtesy, fashion. Ant., impolite, surly. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Courteous] Syn. courteous, civil,… …
117Geoffrey Chaucer — Chaucer redirects here. For other uses, see Chaucer (disambiguation). Geoffrey Chaucer …
118Petrarch — Infobox Writer name = Francesco Petrarca imagesize = 150 px caption = pseudonym = birthdate = Birth date|1304|7|20|df=yes birthplace = Arezzo deathdate = Death date and age|1374|7|19|1304|7|20|df=yes deathplace = Arquà Petrarca occupation =… …
119Castle — This article is about medieval fortifications. For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). For a list of all castles, see List of castles. For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle …
120Masque — This article is about 16th and early 17th century court entertainments. For other uses, see Masque (disambiguation). Costume for a Knight, by Inigo Jones: the plumed helmet, the heroic torso in armour and other conventions were still employed for …
