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Poetry on Love From Ancient to Medieval Lovers
The article surveys love poetry from ancient Greece to Italian Renaissance, highlighting Sappho, Homeric scenes, and Trojan figures, then tracing troubadours and minstrels across France and Germany. It discusses Petrarch and Beatrice, Dante and Laura, and Guittone and Dante’s circle, noting beauty, virtue, and immortalized love as central themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dante
Petrarch
Carracant
Laura
Hector
Ashtyanax
Andromache
Achilles
Beren
Troy
Helen
Aphrodite
Paris
Hosmer
Sappho
Solon
Leucadian
Venus
Erinna
France
Provence
Spain
Arabia
Blanche
Castile
William
Poitou
Richard I
Arragon
Dauphin
Auvergne
Blanche of
Louis IX
Thibault
Countess of
Champagne
Beatrice
Clara d'Anduse
Sismondi
Countess de Die
Rudel
Talleyrand de Perigord
Henry
Tils
Pierre Vidal
Richard
Germany
der von Kurenberg
Church of
St. Claire
Avignon
Audibert de Noyes