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		<title>Mundus imaginalis at 13:04, 7 June 2025</title>
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		<title>Mundus imaginalis at 13:03, 7 June 2025</title>
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		<updated>2025-06-07T13:03:38Z</updated>

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  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The vocabulary of love service borrowed some terminology from the vocabulary of feudalism indicative of the ties between a man to his lord. Examples are &#039;&#039;servitium&#039;&#039; (service), &#039;&#039;dominus&#039;&#039; (denoting the feudal Lord, or Lady), &#039;&#039;homo ligius&#039;&#039; (addressing the Lord&#039;s liegeman or &#039;my man&#039;), &#039;&#039;homage&#039;&#039; (duty toward Lord), and &#039;&#039;honor&#039;&#039; (honoring gestures). The men were sometimes referred to as domnei or donnoi, meaning an attitude of chivalrous devotion of a knight to his Lady based in servitude and duty.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The vocabulary of love service borrowed some terminology from the vocabulary of feudalism indicative of the ties between a man to his lord. Examples are &#039;&#039;servitium&#039;&#039; (service), &#039;&#039;dominus&#039;&#039; (denoting the feudal Lord, or Lady), &#039;&#039;homo ligius&#039;&#039; (addressing the Lord&#039;s liegeman or &#039;my man&#039;), &#039;&#039;homage&#039;&#039; (duty toward Lord), and &#039;&#039;honor&#039;&#039; (honoring gestures). The men were sometimes referred to as domnei or donnoi, meaning an attitude of chivalrous devotion of a knight to his Lady based in servitude and duty.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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		<updated>2025-06-07T13:00:55Z</updated>

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  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love service had certain resemblances with vassalage, especially the concept of obedience. According to Sandra R. Alfonsi the entire concept of love-service was patterned after the vassal’s oath to serve his lord with loyalty, tenacity, and courage. These same virtues were demanded of the male supplicant. Like the liegeman vis-a-vis his sovereign, the male approached his lady with fear and respect, submitted obediently to her and awaited a fief or in this case an honor of reception as did the vassal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love service had certain resemblances with vassalage, especially the concept of obedience. According to Sandra R. Alfonsi the entire concept of love-service was patterned after the vassal’s oath to serve his lord with loyalty, tenacity, and courage. These same virtues were demanded of the male supplicant. Like the liegeman vis-a-vis his sovereign, the male approached his lady with fear and respect, submitted obediently to her and awaited a fief or in this case an honor of reception as did the vassal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The vocabulary of love service borrowed some terminology from the vocabulary of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;feudalism&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt; indicative of the ties between a man to his lord. Examples are &#039;&#039;servitium&#039;&#039; (service), &#039;&#039;dominus&#039;&#039; (denoting the feudal Lord, or Lady), &#039;&#039;homo ligius&#039;&#039; (addressing the Lord&#039;s liegeman or &#039;my man&#039;), &#039;&#039;homage&#039;&#039; (duty toward Lord), and &#039;&#039;honor&#039;&#039; (honoring gestures). The men were sometimes referred to as &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;domnei&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt; or donnoi, meaning an attitude of chivalrous devotion of a knight to his Lady based in servitude and duty.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The vocabulary of love service borrowed some terminology from the vocabulary of feudalism indicative of the ties between a man to his lord. Examples are &#039;&#039;servitium&#039;&#039; (service), &#039;&#039;dominus&#039;&#039; (denoting the feudal Lord, or Lady), &#039;&#039;homo ligius&#039;&#039; (addressing the Lord&#039;s liegeman or &#039;my man&#039;), &#039;&#039;homage&#039;&#039; (duty toward Lord), and &#039;&#039;honor&#039;&#039; (honoring gestures). The men were sometimes referred to as domnei or donnoi, meaning an attitude of chivalrous devotion of a knight to his Lady based in servitude and duty.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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		<author><name>Mundus imaginalis</name></author>
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		<title>Mundus imaginalis: /* History */</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The practice of love service appeared first in Medieval Europe and was modeled on a combination of feudalistic class distinctions, courtly love tenets, and gendered aspects of the [[chivalry|chivalric class code]] regarding respectful treatment of women.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;James A. Schultz, &#039;&#039;Courtly Love, the Love of Courtliness, and the History of Sexuality&#039;&#039;, University of Chicago Press, 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chivalry and Love Service, in Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras, The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe, Oxford University Press, 2013&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The practice of love service appeared first in Medieval Europe and was modeled on a combination of feudalistic class distinctions, courtly love tenets, and gendered aspects of the [[chivalry|chivalric class code]] regarding respectful treatment of women.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;James A. Schultz, &#039;&#039;Courtly Love, the Love of Courtliness, and the History of Sexuality&#039;&#039;, University of Chicago Press, 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chivalry and Love Service, in Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras, The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe, Oxford University Press, 2013&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love service had certain resemblances with &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[vassal|&lt;/del&gt;vassalage&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;, especially the concept of obedience. According to Sandra R. Alfonsi the entire concept of love-service was patterned after the vassal’s oath to serve his lord with loyalty, tenacity, and courage. These same virtues were demanded of the male supplicant. Like the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;liegeman&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt; vis-a-vis his sovereign, the male approached his lady with fear and respect, submitted obediently to her and awaited a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;fief&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt; or in this case an honor of reception as did the vassal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love service had certain resemblances with vassalage, especially the concept of obedience. According to Sandra R. Alfonsi the entire concept of love-service was patterned after the vassal’s oath to serve his lord with loyalty, tenacity, and courage. These same virtues were demanded of the male supplicant. Like the liegeman vis-a-vis his sovereign, the male approached his lady with fear and respect, submitted obediently to her and awaited a fief or in this case an honor of reception as did the vassal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The vocabulary of love service borrowed some terminology from the vocabulary of [[feudalism]] indicative of the ties between a man to his lord. Examples are &#039;&#039;servitium&#039;&#039; (service), &#039;&#039;dominus&#039;&#039; (denoting the feudal Lord, or Lady), &#039;&#039;homo ligius&#039;&#039; (addressing the Lord&#039;s &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;liegeman&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt; or &#039;my man&#039;), &#039;&#039;homage&#039;&#039; (duty toward Lord), and &#039;&#039;honor&#039;&#039; (honoring gestures). The men were sometimes referred to as [[domnei]] or donnoi, meaning an attitude of chivalrous devotion of a knight to his Lady based in servitude and duty.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The vocabulary of love service borrowed some terminology from the vocabulary of [[feudalism]] indicative of the ties between a man to his lord. Examples are &#039;&#039;servitium&#039;&#039; (service), &#039;&#039;dominus&#039;&#039; (denoting the feudal Lord, or Lady), &#039;&#039;homo ligius&#039;&#039; (addressing the Lord&#039;s liegeman or &#039;my man&#039;), &#039;&#039;homage&#039;&#039; (duty toward Lord), and &#039;&#039;honor&#039;&#039; (honoring gestures). The men were sometimes referred to as [[domnei]] or donnoi, meaning an attitude of chivalrous devotion of a knight to his Lady based in servitude and duty.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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		<author><name>Mundus imaginalis</name></author>
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	<entry>
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		<title>Mundus imaginalis at 12:59, 7 June 2025</title>
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		<updated>2025-06-07T12:59:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Love service&#039;&#039;&#039; is a ritualized form of male love-devotion toward women, especially noble women, that was popularized in the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Middle Ages&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Margaret Schaus, &#039;&#039;Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia&#039;&#039;, Taylor &amp;amp; Francis, 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chivalry and Love Service, in Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras, The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe, Oxford University Press, 2013&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Love service&#039;&#039;&#039; is a ritualized form of male love-devotion toward women, especially noble women, that was popularized in the Middle Ages.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Margaret Schaus, &#039;&#039;Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia&#039;&#039;, Taylor &amp;amp; Francis, 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chivalry and Love Service, in Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras, The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe, Oxford University Press, 2013&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The practice of love service appeared first in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Medieval Europe&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt; and was modeled on a combination of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[feudalism|&lt;/del&gt;feudalistic&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt; class distinctions, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;courtly love&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt; tenets, and gendered aspects of the [[chivalry|chivalric class code]] regarding respectful treatment of women.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;James A. Schultz, &#039;&#039;Courtly Love, the Love of Courtliness, and the History of Sexuality&#039;&#039;, University of Chicago Press, 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chivalry and Love Service, in Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras, The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe, Oxford University Press, 2013&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The practice of love service appeared first in Medieval Europe and was modeled on a combination of feudalistic class distinctions, courtly love tenets, and gendered aspects of the [[chivalry|chivalric class code]] regarding respectful treatment of women.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;James A. Schultz, &#039;&#039;Courtly Love, the Love of Courtliness, and the History of Sexuality&#039;&#039;, University of Chicago Press, 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chivalry and Love Service, in Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras, The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe, Oxford University Press, 2013&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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  &lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love service had certain resemblances with [[vassal|vassalage]], especially the concept of obedience. According to Sandra R. Alfonsi the entire concept of love-service was patterned after the vassal’s oath to serve his lord with loyalty, tenacity, and courage. These same virtues were demanded of the male supplicant. Like the [[liegeman]] vis-a-vis his sovereign, the male approached his lady with fear and respect, submitted obediently to her and awaited a [[fief]] or in this case an honor of reception as did the vassal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
  &lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love service had certain resemblances with [[vassal|vassalage]], especially the concept of obedience. According to Sandra R. Alfonsi the entire concept of love-service was patterned after the vassal’s oath to serve his lord with loyalty, tenacity, and courage. These same virtues were demanded of the male supplicant. Like the [[liegeman]] vis-a-vis his sovereign, the male approached his lady with fear and respect, submitted obediently to her and awaited a [[fief]] or in this case an honor of reception as did the vassal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &#039;&#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&#039;&#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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		<title>Mundus imaginalis: Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Love service&#039;&#039;&#039; is a ritualized form of male love-devotion toward women, especially noble women, that was popularized in the Middle Ages.&lt;ref&gt;Margaret Schaus, &#039;&#039;Women a...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Love service&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a ritualized form of male love-devotion toward women, especially noble women, that was popularized in the &lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=Middle_Ages&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;Middle Ages (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;Middle Ages&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Margaret Schaus, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Women a...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Love service&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is a ritualized form of male love-devotion toward women, especially noble women, that was popularized in the [[Middle Ages]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Margaret Schaus, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Taylor &amp;amp; Francis, 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chivalry and Love Service, in Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras, The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe, Oxford University Press, 2013&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==History==&lt;br /&gt;
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The practice of love service appeared first in [[Medieval Europe]] and was modeled on a combination of [[feudalism|feudalistic]] class distinctions, [[courtly love]] tenets, and gendered aspects of the [[chivalry|chivalric class code]] regarding respectful treatment of women.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;James A. Schultz, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Courtly Love, the Love of Courtliness, and the History of Sexuality&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, University of Chicago Press, 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chivalry and Love Service, in Judith M. Bennett, Ruth Mazo Karras, The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe, Oxford University Press, 2013&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Love service had certain resemblances with [[vassal|vassalage]], especially the concept of obedience. According to Sandra R. Alfonsi the entire concept of love-service was patterned after the vassal’s oath to serve his lord with loyalty, tenacity, and courage. These same virtues were demanded of the male supplicant. Like the [[liegeman]] vis-a-vis his sovereign, the male approached his lady with fear and respect, submitted obediently to her and awaited a [[fief]] or in this case an honor of reception as did the vassal.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The vocabulary of love service borrowed some terminology from the vocabulary of [[feudalism]] indicative of the ties between a man to his lord. Examples are &amp;#039;&amp;#039;servitium&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (service), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;dominus&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (denoting the feudal Lord, or Lady), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;homo ligius&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (addressing the Lord&amp;#039;s [[liegeman]] or &amp;#039;my man&amp;#039;), &amp;#039;&amp;#039;homage&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (duty toward Lord), and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;honor&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (honoring gestures). The men were sometimes referred to as [[domnei]] or donnoi, meaning an attitude of chivalrous devotion of a knight to his Lady based in servitude and duty.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sandra R Alfonsi, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Masculine Submission in Troubadour Lyric (American University Studies)&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, Peter Lang Publishing, 1986&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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