Użytkownik Taramelion dnia śro, 05 wrz 2007 - 22:01 napisał

A szkoda. Wspominając o nagości, jakże powszechnej w średniowieczu, miałem zamiar ukazać elementy zmysłowości w tejże epoce. Nie mylić z romantyzmem! Ba... cóż to jest w ogóle zmysłowość... IMHO to coś odbierane poprzez nasze kochane zmysły, czyli np. wzrok, zapach, smak, dotyk, słuch... A zatem raczej fizyczność w kontaktach międzyludzkich. Oczywiście w średniowieczu różnie z tym bywało... ludziska starali się wówczas cieszyć życiem za wszelką cenę. Z drugiej strony kwitło "chivalry" i niepoprawny romantyzm. Poczytajcie sobie kodeks zakochanego rycerza:

Rules of Love

1. The state of marriage does not properly excuse anyone from loving.
2. He who does not feel jealously is not capable of loving.
3. No one can love two people at the same time.
4. It is well-known that love is always either growing or declining.
5. Whatever a lover takes against his lover's will has no savor.
6. A male does not fall in love until he has reached full manhood.
7. A mourning period of two years for a deceased lover is required of the surviving partner.
8. No one should be prevented from loving except by reason of his own death.
9. No one can love unless they are compelled by the eloquence of love.
11. It is unseemly to love anyone whom you would be ashamed to marry.
12. A true lover does not desire the passionate embraces of anyone else but his beloved.
13. Love that is made public rarely lasts.
14. Love easily obtained is of little value; difficulty in obtaining it makes it precious.
15. Every lover regularly turns pale in the presence of his beloved.
16. On suddenly catching sight of his beloved, the heart of the lover begins to palpitate.
17. A new love drives out the old.
18. A good character alone makes someone worthy of love.
19. If love lessens, it soon fails and rarely recovers.
20. A man in love is always fearful.
21. The feeling of love is always increased by true jealously.
22. When a lover feels suspicious of his beloved, jealously, and with it the sensation of love, are increased.
23. A man tormented by the thought of love eats and sleeps very little.
24. Everything a lover does ends in the thought of his beloved.
25. A true lover considers nothing good but what he thinks will please his beloved.
26. Love can deny nothing to love.
27. A lover cannot have too much of his beloved's consolations.
28. A small supposition compels a lover to suspect his beloved of doing wrong.
29. A man who is troubled by excessive lust does not usually love.
30. A true lover is continually and without interruption obsessed by the image of his beloved.
31. Nothing forbids one woman being loved by two men, or one man by two women.

- Andreas Capellanus, De Arte Honesti Amandi

I kolejny cytacik:

The highest glory of any knight was to be worthy of the love of the lady he desired.
-Charles Moseley, The Origins of Wisdom, Chivalry


Nawet ówczesny Kościół niezbyt gwałtownie protestował przeciw umieszczaniu kobiety na piedestale zarezerwowanym dotychczas tylko dla Boga. Czego niestety nie można powiedzie o współczesnym...

http://www.ultramontes.pl/Pesch_1_LXIX.htm

http://www.nonpossumus.pl/biblioteka/karol...2_2.php#tytul_2

Wydaje mi się Hawk, że za mocno w tym siedzisz. Wróć do XXI wieku.