Courtly love

An important concept in medieval romance, where you are in love with someone unreachable, where to actually sleep with them would invite disaster, so instead you pine after them, serve them loyally, write poems and songs in their honour etc.

Examples of the medieval romantic disasters from doing something with someone you shouldnt include Lancelot and Guinevere in the story of King Arthur, Abelard and Heloise, Henry VIII and a number of young ladies, and his daughter Elizabeth and a number of young men.

Remember, friends dont let friends sleep with Tudors.

Anton