69: Pt 3 — Tristan and Isolde

No spoilers, but let's just say… moonlight reveals more than just shadows. 👀

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14:52 – The Tristan Stone in Cornwall — possible proof that Tristan was a real person

16:42 – Kate the medieval scholar discuss courtly love 101

17:17 – Courtly love started with Eleanor of Aquitaine basically inventing elaborate entertainment for bored noblewomen

18:02 – The 31 Rules of Courtly Love, including "every lover turns pale near their beloved" (so love = mild illness, apparently)

19:33 – The key point: courtly love was never meant to be consummated — it was a game of beautiful suffering

26:48 – When did marrying for love become a thing? Spoiler: basically never, if you were rich

27:10 – Kate's favorite medieval text: Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, where the heroine actually has agency (wild concept for the era)

29:01 – Why authors tacked on preachy moral endings: the medieval version of "notes from the publisher"

35:41 – Back to Tristan and Isolde: the love potion chapter, where fate does its worst via an unattended pitcher

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