Within the medieval tradition, Troilus was regarded as a paragon of the faithful courtly lover and also of the virtuous pagan knight.

It works to dramatic perfection in a "Swan Lake" whose prince is isolated amid Watteau-style courtly lovers who pass through a garden of classical ruins.

Fin pregio (courtly virtue) and fin'amanti (courtly lovers) are in the courtly love tradition.

It has been suggested that Chrétien invented their affair to supply Guinevere with a courtly extramarital lover.

The magical bird of the original, who saves two courtly young lovers from monsters, became an innocent young girl who attempts to humanize the lost men and women around her.

In Twelfth Night, Orsino obviously sees himself as a courtly lover.

And Tachyon gathered up his-her child's thought and thrust them into the mind of his-her courtly lover.

"Carnal lovers" will mark and dog-ear pages, rip covers or whole chapters etc while "courtly lovers," like yourself, revere their books and leave them untouched.

I wonder if Professor Amalfitano, in Part II, would qualify as a courtly lover.

Since in his uncharmed state he even threatens Helena with bodily harm, he comes off as not quite the gracious courtly lover he means to be.