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William's granddaughter, Queen Eleanor (the Duchess of Aquitaine; queen of France and later England ) was, as the regnant duchess of Aquitaine, likely the wealthiest and most powerful woman in Europe.<ref>https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine</ref> She 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. | William's granddaughter, Queen Eleanor (the Duchess of Aquitaine; queen of France and later England ) was, as the regnant duchess of Aquitaine, likely the wealthiest and most powerful woman in Europe.<ref>https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine</ref> She 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. | ||
===Troubadour Poetry=== | |||
We see the first major female-sex-favoritist in the ''''Troubador poetry of the 12th century''', as well as vernacular narratives directed toward William's daughter Eleanor. The depictions of love in these poems and narratives are described as "courtly love". It is called this because the man's romantic role is modeled after a knight, and the female's role is modeled after a Lord. In other words, the woman is in complete control of the relationship and the man is ultimately obident and submissive to the woman. It is important to note, that this love was only about love outside marriage.<ref>http://cola.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl513/courtly/courtly.htm</ref> | |||
===Marie=== | ===Marie=== | ||
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Marie directs her chaplain Andreas Capellanus (André the chaplain) to write, "The Art of Courtly Love", which initially viewed by scholars as a serious text of medieval chivalry, has come to be viewed as a parody,<ref>http://cola.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl513/courtly/courtly.htm</ref> warning young men of the true nature of established, fairly neutral chivalric codes.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Capellanus</ref> Andreas painted peasants as fornicating beasts that are uncapable of love, and recommends that a knight who falls in love with a peasant woman 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> | Marie directs her chaplain Andreas Capellanus (André the chaplain) to write, "The Art of Courtly Love", which initially viewed by scholars as a serious text of medieval chivalry, has come to be viewed as a parody,<ref>http://cola.calpoly.edu/~dschwart/engl513/courtly/courtly.htm</ref> warning young men of the true nature of established, fairly neutral chivalric codes.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Capellanus</ref> Andreas painted peasants as fornicating beasts that are uncapable of love, and recommends that a knight who falls in love with a peasant woman 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> | ||
After extolling some of the virtues of love, the book concludes with Andreas ultimately advising men to forgo love for religious and health reasons and apparently ends with a "misogynistic tirade" against women. | After extolling some of the virtues of love, the book concludes with Andreas ultimately advising men to forgo love for religious and health reasons and apparently ends with a "misogynistic tirade" against women. | ||
===Stories=== | ===Stories=== | ||