courtly love
noun
- a highly conventionalized medieval tradition of love between a knight and a married noblewoman, first developed by the troubadours of Southern France and extensively employed in European literature of the time. The love of the knight for his lady was regarded as an ennobling passion and the relationship was typically unconsummated.典雅爱情（中世纪的一种骑士和已婚贵妇人之间的传统爱情, 最初由法国南部的吟游诗人创作出来, 后为当时的欧洲文学广泛采用; 骑士对贵妇人的爱情被看做是一种高贵的情爱, 但这种关系通常无法实现）。