The discernment and deployment of deception and indirection required in courtship prepared men for courtly existence as a whole.
The mind was the 'zone of engagement' for the dynamics of attachment and detachment which articulated the relations of courtly selves.
Courtesans sought to make their own way in courtly circles through the exercise of very real capacities amongst these affiliations.
The context of the courtly world, however, may be dimly discerned by attention to the dynamics of lovers themselves.
Only in three instances did a secondary figure show greater width than height; these were seated figures directly facing the primary figure in courtly scenes.
Women played a prominent role in courtly music-making.
Elite-courtly composition continued in private circles, though changing tastes among the elites made it into somewhat of a minority genre.
In his view, the group, courtly society, is present in this refrain not as participant but as addressee.
