courtliness betydelse and definition

Exempel på courtliness

• He is polite almost to the point of courtliness.

• The actions of the Emperor and his court were governed by a rigid code of courtliness.

• The company ethos was one of courtliness and civic duty.

• Furthermore, musical dialogues participated in the discourse of civility at the very heart of contemporary concepts of courtliness.

• Even his courtliness toward his wife cannot balance out his condescension toward everyone else.

• There was, however, a growing tendency to treat behaviour as a kind of bodily rhetoric, through which individuals expressed inner psychological states associated with ideals of gentlemanliness or courtliness.

• He was renowned for his bravery, generosity, courtliness, and learning.

• Thus, she contrasts "cortesia" (courtliness) with "villania" (villainy), terms borrowed from the setting of aristocratic court.