Code
01N02314
Duration
01 January 2014 → 30 September 2019
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Humanities
- Language studies
- Literary studies
Keywords
modernity
baroque
history of ideas
renaissance
history of literature
philosphy
early modern philosophy
courtly love
history of mentality
Project description
This project focuses on courtly love in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance philosophy of love and the baroque ideal of "galanterie". It will examine how these conceptions of differ, what they have in commun. The study explores how the philosophy of love (and the different forms of courtly love) played a crucial role in the emerging Modernity.