The making of romantic love :

Reddy, William M.

The making of romantic love : longing and sexuality in Europe, South Asia, and Japan, 900-1200 CE / William M. Reddy. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012. - x, 439 pages ; 23 cm. - Chicago studies in practices of meaning .

includes bibliographical references ( pages 397-427) and index.

The emergence of courtly love in Europe -- Aristocratic speech, the Gregorian reform, and the first troubadour -- Trobairitz and troubadours and the shadow religion -- Narratives of true love and twelfth-century common sense -- Points of comparison -- The Bhakti troubadour : Vaishnavism in twelfth-century Bengal and Orissa -- Elegance and compassion in Heian Japan.

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