Women Rule All

Courtly Love is a medieval conception of the way love was supposed to be between a noble knight and his "dream girl." Courtly Love surprised me when I started reading it because I thought that the knights, the men of the medieval times, would have complete control over his significant other and women would comply to what their knight wanted. After reading this, I realized it was the complete opposite! Women in this time period had way more control over their men! Women were definitely the target audience for Courtly Love because they held the dominance and they were in control of what they wanted, not what their knight wanted. In these stories, the knights would do anything for their lady to gain their lust. Courtly love goes hand in hand with romance movies and novels today because they also target women and they develop a misconceived idea of love. Romance novels and movies portray sappy love, where a man typically wins the heart of his desired women. Just like Courtly Love, men are winning their women over and women allowing that man to be in their life. However, Courtly Love was not so much about sexual desires, it was more about companionship and holding the hearts of one another. Courtly Love demonstrated chivalry and nobleness to gain the trust of their desired lady.