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I've gone through and created a first draft of this; no doubt it will benefit from suitable copy editing! Hchc2009 ( talk) 16:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
I think the following paragraph is not quite correct:
There was a tradition of staged romantic " courtly love" in North-Western Europe during the period, but it did not extend as far as adultery itself. Indeed, adultery remained a particularly serious offence because of the impact it could have on the legitimacy of heirs to the throne; even the suggestion of illegitimacy could have a political impact.[17]
I've always thought that "courtly love" had by and large included actual sex. Looking up the article in wikipedia now I see that there is a controversy among scholars about it. In any case, it'd be wrong, I think, to so unequivocally state here what seems to be just one view on the matter.
Furthermore, the question of legitimacy of heirs seems to be a different one - perhaps the "codes" of "courtly love" made some special reference to the case when the lady is of royal family.
So, to sum up, I think the summary of the matter here is inadequate. Bazuz ( talk) 08:28, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
See Talk:Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France#Death for a discussion on the cause of death. Huon ( talk) 13:45, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
A fact from Tour de Nesle affair appeared on Wikipedia's
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I've gone through and created a first draft of this; no doubt it will benefit from suitable copy editing! Hchc2009 ( talk) 16:32, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
I think the following paragraph is not quite correct:
There was a tradition of staged romantic " courtly love" in North-Western Europe during the period, but it did not extend as far as adultery itself. Indeed, adultery remained a particularly serious offence because of the impact it could have on the legitimacy of heirs to the throne; even the suggestion of illegitimacy could have a political impact.[17]
I've always thought that "courtly love" had by and large included actual sex. Looking up the article in wikipedia now I see that there is a controversy among scholars about it. In any case, it'd be wrong, I think, to so unequivocally state here what seems to be just one view on the matter.
Furthermore, the question of legitimacy of heirs seems to be a different one - perhaps the "codes" of "courtly love" made some special reference to the case when the lady is of royal family.
So, to sum up, I think the summary of the matter here is inadequate. Bazuz ( talk) 08:28, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
See Talk:Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France#Death for a discussion on the cause of death. Huon ( talk) 13:45, 17 February 2016 (UTC)