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https://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Vignette_et_amourette-e1455216047176.jpg640425I have never been convinced that there was any such thing as what is usually called courtly love during the Middle Ages. However, it is obvious that courtly love does exist in modern scholarship and criticism, and that the idea appeals to a great many people today.