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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-favoritism 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. He is expected to "perform great deeds" in order to "earn" her love (sound familiar?). 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> | |||
===Male submissiveness as "rape prevention"=== | ===Male submissiveness as "rape prevention"=== | ||
Many historians, such as Eric Köhler and Georges Duby suggested the female-sex-favoritism of love outside marriage was designed that way to keep unmarried men from raping. In other words, gynocentrism was possibly seen in the 12th century as preventing the kind of raping and pillaging seen in the the knight in the "Wife of Bath's" tale. | Many historians, such as Eric Köhler and Georges Duby suggested the female-sex-favoritism of love outside marriage was designed that way to keep unmarried men from raping. In other words, gynocentrism was possibly seen in the 12th century as preventing the kind of raping and pillaging seen in the the knight in the "Wife of Bath's" tale. | ||
===Marie=== | ===Marie=== | ||