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The Literature of Chivalry - Coggle Diagram
The Literature of Chivalry
Epic Poetry
Feudal lords and ladies enjoyed listening to epic poetry
Lords and Knights made songs for their ladies
These poems recounted a here's deeds. and adventures
One of the biggest poems written were about Charlemagne.
The Song Of Roland
Most Epic writing of poetry at the time.
It was about the French soldiers that died during Charles Reign
Culture
Why was poetry a big thing during the Middle Ages?
Love Poems and Songs
Code of Chivalry
knight's duty to his lady rose
knight's duty to his lord sank
duties resulted in conflict between those two obligations
promoted a fals image of knights, making them seem more romantic than brutal
created an artificial image of women
in reality, trabadours saw their women as always beautiful and pure
Troubadours
traveling poet-musicians at the castles and courts of Europe
composed about the joys and sorrows of romantic love
sometimes they sang their own verses in the castles of their lady
also sent roving minstrels to carry their songs to courts
Eleanor of Aquitaine
most celebrated women of the age
troubadours flocked her to court in the French duchy of Aquitaine
later, she became the queen of England, where her husband Richard composed love poems for her