Troubadour Test Flashcards
What is the definition of “courtly love”?
a conventionalized relationship between a knight and a married noblewoman
Andreas Cappelanus’s book “De Amore is know for its…
rules
Which best describes the lives of the troubadours?
They traveled to many different locations but spent a lot of time in a certain place as well
Which is true of the Cathars?
They were against the sacraments
The Cathars were eliminated by the…
Albigensian Crusade
There was an attitude of tolerance in medieval Spain between what three ethnic groups?
Muslims. Christians, and Jews
Islamic Spain helped to develop the power of which language?
the Romance languages
What were the muslims in medieval Spain called?
Moors/Saracen
In the poem “When I see the lark beating” the lark is associated with…
the sun and attained love
The line “I cannot keep myself from loving” illustrates what troubadour idea about love?
doomed/fate
What according to the troubadours is the relationship between love and the expression of that love in lyric poems?
Love can only be expressed lyrically (poetic) because is can not be expressed any other way.
Name three qualities that define the feeling of love for the troubadours.
suffering, doomed, and contradictory
What is meant by “obstruction” in the troubadour idea of love?
something that keeps the lovers apart
What is the “object of love in the troubadour idea of love?
love, mystical union, and that which is unattainable
It is thought that Cathar ideas were influenced by…
Eastern ideas
