Word: courting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...series given under the auspices of the Department of French and the Cercle Francais. He announced the subject of the next lecture, by Professor lanman, on November 6: "The Oriental Source of the Fables of LaFontaine," to be illustrated by the stereopticon. His own subject was: "A French Literary Court in the 12 th Century...
Elinor was herself a patron of poetry. There is every reason to believe that her court was the resort of all the brilliant men and the poets of the north of France. Fortunately for us it was their delight to take for their theme the novel moral ideals and virtues of the time. The troubadours loved to tell first of all of courtesy as high in the rank of virtues; then of valor, of generosity, of perfect refinement and gentleness. There were other virtues which do not now pass as such. Youth was lauded, age condemned. Without joy, whether active...
...Provence, woman was restored not only to equality with man, but to a vast superiority. The ideals of Provence were carried north by Elinor. They were spread further through France by the influence of her daughter Marie, who married Count Henry of Champagne and set up her court at Trois. She gave great encouragement to poetry and developed a school in the north of France whose ideals and forms were essentially those of the troubadors of Provence. From Trois came the poet Chretien, whose works, written with much skill, became universally popular. Through them he gave expression in extenso...
...second lecture, under the auspices of the Department of French and the Cercle Francais, will be given this evening at 7.45 o'clock, in the lecture hall of the Fogg Art Museum, by Professor Marsh. His subject is "A French Literary Court in the 12th Century." The lecture is open to the public...
Cercle Francais. A French Literary Court of the Twelfth Century...