ALL meanings of courtly love
court·ly love
C c - noun courtly love a tradition represented in Western European literature between the 12th and the 14th centuries, idealizing love between a knight and a revered (usually married) lady 3
- noun courtly love a highly stylized code of behavior popular chiefly from the 12th to the 14th century that prescribed the rules of conduct between lovers, advocating idealized but illicit love, and which fostered an extensive medieval literature based on this tradition. 1
- noun courtly love A mediaeval European conception of noble and chivalrous love, generally secret and between members of the nobility. 0