Only a Footman

When reading the story of the British knight, I couldn't help but think that he was sort of "blinded" by love, but not necessarily in a bad way. Any obstacles standing in his way were nothing in his eyes, as earning the love of the beautiful woman was far more important than the dangers of obtaining the gauntlet and fighting foes. Even though the end of the battle between the knight and doorkeeper saw the larger man begging for his life, the sheer fact that this giant man with a massive club wanted to fight and was boasting about his power; the knight seeing him only as a footman was pretty well savage. It was clear that the knight wasn't backing down once the doorkeeper kept pressing on. To the Briton, the girl was the only important thing, and this footman was simply a stepping stone on the path to earning love. (The Art of Courtly Love, 180-181)