Courtly seductions, modern subjections
Subtitle: troubadour literature and the medieval construction of the modern world
By: by Fidel Fajardo-Acosta
Series: Medieval and Renaissance texts and studies -- v. 376
Publisher: ACMRS, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tempe, AZ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780866984249
Description: "A critical analysis of courtly love and medieval troubador literature, this book claims that both traditions were instrumental in the construction of the modern subject and its preparation for life in the highly regulated societies of the modern world. Relating troubadour texts to the rise of commerce, luxury commodities, social differentiation, the centralization of authority, and the crusades, the author proposes that western romantic love, from its courtly beginnings, eroticized the forms and values of the early European commercial economy and nation-states -- playing a key role in the subjection of medieval hearts, minds, and bodies to the disciplines of emerging modern powers." -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The enduring Middle Ages; title: Courtly lovers, cannibals, early modern subjects; title: Triangle of power : lord, lover, lady; title: Medieval hypocrisy, modern subjectivity; title: Conclusion.