Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: Cordelia on Trial 1
5. Part I: Charismatic Love and Friendship
6. 1. Problems of Reading the Language of Passionate Friendship 11
7. 2. Virtue and Ennobling Love ( i ) : Antiquity and Early Christianity 27
8. 3. Love of King and Court 36
9. 4. Love, Friendship, and Virtue in Pre-Courtly Literature 54
10. 5. Love in Education, Education in Love 59
11. 6. Women 82
12. PART II: SUBLIME LOVE
13. 7. Sublime Love 109
14. 8. Love Beyond the Body 117
15. 9. Sleeping and Eating Together 128
16. 10. Eros Denied, Eros Defied 134
17. 11. Virtue and Ennobling Love (2): Value, Worth, Reputation 145
18. Part III: Unsolvable Problems — Romantic Solutions: The Romantic Dilemma
19. 12. The Epistolae duorum amantium, Heloise, and Her Orbit 157
20. 13. The Loves of Christina of Markyate 174
21. 14. Virtuous Chastity, Virtuous Passion — Romantic Solutions in Two Courtly Epics 184
22. 15. The Grand Amatory Mode of die Noble Life 198
23. Appendix: English Translations of Selected Texts 215
24. Notes 241
25. Bibliography 283
26. Index 303