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'''Female sex favoritism''', sometimes known as [[chivalry]], [[gynocentrism]], or the knightly treatment of women, has a long and storied past, here is | '''Female sex favoritism''', sometimes known as [[chivalry]], [[gynocentrism]], or the knightly treatment of women, has a long and storied past, here is its history. | ||
==Birth - Late French Middle-Ages== | ==Birth - Late French Middle-Ages== | ||
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William IX, the Duke of Aquitaine (Southern France) and poet, famously transformed the image of war from something fought for men and God to being fought for ''women''. He famously painted his mistress on his shield (which he called "my lord"). He also famously implied that women deserved special treatment at the cost of men. | William IX, the Duke of Aquitaine (Southern France) and poet, famously transformed the image of war from something fought for men and God to being fought for ''women''. He famously painted his mistress on his shield (which he called "my lord"). He also famously implied that women deserved special treatment at the cost of men. | ||
The birth of chivalry thus occurred in the 12th century, which was | The birth of chivalry thus occurred in the 12th century, which was in the high middle ages (medieval), after the Dark Ages (early medieval period) and before the Renaissance. Christian humanism was starting to be developed during this time. William was excommunicated twice by the Church. | ||
===Female-comprised love-courts=== | ===Female-comprised love-courts=== | ||
William's granddaughter, Queen Eleanor, set up imperial courts comprised solely of ladies to judge over matters of love-disputes. | William's granddaughter, Queen Eleanor (the Duchess of Aquitaine; queen of France and later England ), the most powerful women of her age, set up imperial courts comprised solely of ladies to judge over matters of love-disputes. These were called the, ''Courts of Love''. They was modeled after feudal courts. She did this with help from her daughter, Marie. | ||
===Female-sex-favoritism encoded into chivalry=== | ===Female-sex-favoritism encoded into chivalry=== | ||
Marie directs her chaplain Andreas to write, "The Art of Courtly Love", which established a code of female-sex-favoratist chivalric codes. Chivalry had existed before massive female-sex-favoritism, in the form of general knightly duties. However, these new chivalric codes were female-sex-favoritist. | Marie directs her chaplain Andreas Capellanus (André the chaplain) to write, "The Art of Courtly Love", which established a code of female-sex-favoratist chivalric codes. Chivalry had existed before massive female-sex-favoritism, in the form of general knightly duties. However, these new chivalric codes were female-sex-favoritist, though arguably this favoritism chiefly applied to women of the upper classes, as Andreas considered peasants to be mere fornicating beasts that are uncapable of love, and recommends that a knight who falls in love with a peasant women should lure her to a quiet place with honeyed words and "[should] not hesitate to take what you want by force."<ref>http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/authors/andreas/de_amore.html</ref> | ||
According to Jennifer Wollock, an author on chivalry, chivalrous love stories became popular in the late Middle Ages, and showed particularly through the contents of women's libraries. | According to Jennifer Wollock, an author on chivalry, chivalrous love stories became popular in the late Middle Ages, and showed particularly through the contents of women's libraries. | ||