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Minne - (from Old High Germanic "love") a special concept embedded in the courtly love tradition, indigenous for the feudal culture of late Middle Ages. It considers a spiritual relationship between a knight and his beloved lady, in which both sides feel responsible for their love duties. The word "minne" was introduced into scholarly literature in the 19th century.

Minne in courtly literature

Minne in its roots was a concept used to describe a positive, emotional and spiritual relationship between God and people, but was soon used to name a divine and mental connection between men (mostly knights) and women (courtly ladies). Although minne was present in different shades, being a social, erotic, friendly and sexual feeling, a conceptualization of one of its aspects, namely the divine and spiritual relationship between the representatives of two opposite sexes, was predominant. It was a Platonic feeling, a mutual understanding between an idealised knight who obeys his duties and his Lady of Heart. In this meaning the notion of minne used to be captured in German love songs (Minnesang) and epic poems since the year 1170. Later, in the 12th and 14th centuries, minne became a typically courtly relationship, characteristic for the culture of knights (Ritterkultur). The concept of minne was supposed to hallow an earthly feeling by giving it a sense of heavenly, sacred atmosphere, but also to teach listeners and readers of literature what a perfect relationship between a man and a woman should look like. In this way "minne" transgressed literature and entered courtly culture as such.

Good example of literary minne can be found in the predicament of Sir Gawain in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", when Gawain faces the dilemma of being either loyal to sir Bertilak or to his wife - faithfulness to one of them would mean unfaithfulness towards the other one. His relationship with Mrs Bertilak is a fine mixture of sexual voluptousness, courtly behaviour and knight's duties toward a lady - accepting her gifts, being loyal to her wishes and advice and, finally, spending an intimate night with her.

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-Minne - (from [[Old High Germanic]] "love") a special concept embedded in the [[courtly love]] tradition, indigenous for the feudal culture of late [[Middle Ages]]. It considers a spiritual relationship between a knight and his beloved lady, in which both sides feel responsible in their love duties. The word "minne" was introduced into scholarly literature in the 19th century.
+Minne - (from [[Old High Germanic]] "love") a special concept embedded in the [[courtly love]] tradition, indigenous for the feudal culture of late [[Middle Ages]]. It considers a spiritual relationship between a knight and his beloved lady, in which both sides feel responsible for their love duties. The word "minne" was introduced into scholarly literature in the 19th century.
 '''Minne in courtly literature'''
-Minne in its roots was a concept used to describe a positive, emotional and spiritual relationship between God and people, but was soon used to name a divine and mental connection between men (mostly knights) and women (courtly ladies). Although minne was present in different shades, being a social, erotic, friendly and sexual feeling, a conceptualization of one of its aspects, namely the divine and spiritual relationship between the representatives of two opposite sexes, was predominant. It was a Platonic feeling, a mutual understanding between an idealised knight who obeys his duties and his Lady of Heart. In this meaning the notion of minne used to be captured in German love songs (Minnesang) and epic poems since the year 1170. Later, in the 12th and 14th centuries, minne became a typically courtly relationship, characteristic for the culture of knights (Ritterkultur). The concept of minne was supposed to hallow an earthly feeling by giving it a sense of heavenly, sacred atmosphere, but it also to teach listeners and readers of literature what a perfect relationship between a man and a woman should look like.
+Minne in its roots was a concept used to describe a positive, emotional and spiritual relationship between God and people, but was soon used to name a divine and mental connection between men (mostly knights) and women (courtly ladies). Although minne was present in different shades, being a social, erotic, friendly and sexual feeling, a conceptualization of one of its aspects, namely the divine and spiritual relationship between the representatives of two opposite sexes, was predominant. It was a Platonic feeling, a mutual understanding between an idealised knight who obeys his duties and his Lady of Heart. In this meaning the notion of minne used to be captured in German love songs (Minnesang) and epic poems since the year 1170. Later, in the 12th and 14th centuries, minne became a typically courtly relationship, characteristic for the culture of knights (Ritterkultur). The concept of minne was supposed to hallow an earthly feeling by giving it a sense of heavenly, sacred atmosphere, but also to teach listeners and readers of literature what a perfect relationship between a man and a woman should look like. In this way "minne" transgressed literature and entered courtly culture as such.
+Good example of literary minne can be found in the predicament of Sir Gawain in
+"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", when Gawain faces the dilemma of being either loyal to sir Bertilak or to his wife - faithfulness to one of them would mean unfaithfulness towards the other one. His relationship with Mrs Bertilak is a fine mixture of sexual voluptousness, courtly behaviour and knight's duties toward a lady - accepting her gifts, being loyal to her wishes and advice and, finally, spending an intimate night with her.
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