![]() Henry of Bolingbroke adopted the forget-me-not as an emblem during his exile in 1398 when Richard II banished him from England for ten years. It should be noted that William’s love was not unrequited – he appears to have been something of a serial seducer. Aquitainean troubadours carried songs of romance around Europe. ![]() It was William IX of Aquitaine (Eleanor’s grandfather) who made it fashionable in 1101. The use of courtly love as a motif in England grew when Eleanor of Aquitaine became queen. dominoté, tranches dorées Droits : domaine public Identifiant : ark:/12148/btv1b52500984vīy 1190 the monks of Glastonbury had cashed in on the popular stories of the knights of the Round Table with the discovery of the graves of King Arthur and his queen.Ĭourtly love became the rage in the twelfth century at the point where tournaments also became the height of fashion. au chiffre d’Anne de Bretagne, gardes pap. – Reliure galuchat noir datée de 1684, fermoirs métalliques XVIIe s. Type : manuscrit Langue : Latin Format : 238 ff. For a more in-depth article about the literature of courtly love follow the link to the British Library:Īn illustration from Anne of Brittany’s book of hours. Lancelot and Guinevere became very popular at this time. ![]() Ideally a knight’s love should be unrequited. Obviously when one goes courting it is essential to wear full armour – in this case the knight was very chivalrously carrying the lady’s flowers when he slipped and tumbled into the raging current – as he was swept away he threw her flowers to her crying “Forget me not!” And there you have it!Ĭourtly love is of course the medieval form of ritualised love expressed by a knight for a married lady who is outside his reach – so duty, honour, devotion and courtesy were all important as they were part of the chivalric code. A knight was walking with his lady beside a river. ![]() Myosotis is part of the borage family and there are various folk lore based stories for it’s name. 1161) Published: – Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 Wellcome Images Manuscript 626 Platearius, Circa instans seu de medicamentis simplicibus … circa 1480 to 15001480 – 1500 Platearius, Matthaeus (d. L0055259 Platearius, MatthaeusCredit: Wellcome Library, London. Unsurprisingly Henry VIII’s book of hours is about courtly love but also contains images for the two star signs of the month – Taurus and Gemini. It was a bit of an extravagant way of labouring for food. Emperors can fly eagles whilst knaves can fly kestrels – hence the book title. The Book of St Albans (1486) lists the kind of bird of prey that you would be allowed according to your rank. I’m not sure whether either one of them counts as a labour. May – time for a spot of falconry or courtly love. However it has finally dawned on me that despite the weather here it is May – so time for an occasional calendar post. My only problem is that it relates to ship building and piracy and neither of those two options are something I would consider to be part of a lovely holiday. I’ve built a galleon and pinnace and my Italian has improved – no seriously, my Italian really has improved. Since I last posted I’ve been banished from court, gone on an adventure to the West Indies and am now absconding to Tuscany via Naples having deserted a wife and five children under the age of eight. Time flies when you have your head down and are typing manically. Trinity College Library, Cambridge – Labours of the Month – May
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