Courtly in a sentence

Other critics interpret the passage to mean that the courtly writers and their works are known within courtly circles, but not to the general public.

How did he get to know so much about courtly matters?

In Ireland, this concept was also part of the courtly love tradition imported by the Normans in the twelfth century and grafted onto the highly spiritualized love poetry of the Gaelic bardic order.

She’s aided, as usual, by Drayton, her friend and the shop’s courtly tea master.

The evening will start by discussing early documented performances from the late Middle Ages and trace the development of the tradition from courtly entertainment to rural pursuit.

The new capital was courtly and impressive, yet still humble and built to a human scale.

In Griffith often behaves chivalrously and is eventually knighted for his deeds, while he even engages in the practice of courtly love as part of his affair with Princess Charlotte.

Srmanic faiths both declined but were also integrated into Hinduism and courtly life (royal courts were especially involved in Buddist ritual and sponsored religious texts).

As this is a period piece set in the sumptuous courtly world of late 18th century Imperial Austria, the design elements are crucial to its success.

Even its slow Sarabande, which has the quality of a chorale, came across like a courtly dance.

In its place, an absorbing display of ritualised pageantry, both men bowing courtly to the crowds before the process starts over for the next tussle.

A biographer described him as being "a well-dressed, courtly man with silvery back-combed hair and a gentle manner, he bore no resemblance to a fiend".

Another evolution, similar to that from courtly entertainment to common practice, was the transition from religious ritual to secular entertainment, such as happened during the Goryeo dynasty with the Narye festival.

Both were handsome and proficient in courtly skills, without appearing effeminate or affected.

Christine's participation in a literary debate, in 1401–1402, allowed her to move beyond the courtly circles, and ultimately to establish her status as a writer concerned with the position of women in society.

Courtly love, the red rose, and Saint Valentine's Day Red is the color most commonly associated with love, followed at a great distance by pink.

Courtly love was the respectful veneration of a lady from afar by an amorous suitor.

Denis de Rougemont in his book Love in the Western World traced the story of passionate love (l'amour-passion) from its courtly to its romantic forms.

Fulsome letters of courtly praise from Pope Gregory I attest to this.

He says that the gatherings of royalty and warriors on Samhain may simply have been an ideal setting for such tales, in the same way that many Arthurian tales are set at courtly gatherings at Christmas or Pentecost.