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| Geoffrey Chaucer |
Courtly love, chivalry, feudalism, knighthood and kings oh my! Chaucer sounds pretty exciting right? I mean just take a gander at Chaucer over there. He's pretty on top of his game right? Who wouldn't want to be him?
The middle ages, while long ago, provided the opportunity to change the world and not always for the better.William the Conqueror brought a new way of life to the Anglo-Saxons--feudalism. This change wasn't necessarily for the better, but did allow for courtly love and chivalry to develop and change the way women see love. It was during the middle ages that many ideals began to form. Expectations of love that required no physical connection, but focused on love, adoration and a set of honor codes binding a knight to his lady love.
Sigh. Swoon.
Unfortunately for girls, this new aspect of love-- 'courtly love' didn't really impact their everyday lives in a positive way. They still remained subservient to the men in their lives. No sighs, no swooning. Boo. Boo.com
I have taken the liberty of creating a power point on the Middle Ages--chapter two--you're welcome. This power point follows the introduction of the second chapter pretty succinctly. You will have a quiz on this introductory material. So, if you missed something in class or were absent please take a look at the material and write up your notes or add information that you may have missed.
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