Sun, Feb 22
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TOPOS - "The Historicity of Soulful Feeling and the Courtly Love Tradition" with Peter White
A brief presentation on the topic of "The Historicity of Soulful Feeling and the Courtly Love Tradition" will be followed by lively discussion. This event is free to members. A zoom link will be emailed to members prior to the event. It is not necessary to RSVP for this event.
Time & Location
Feb 22, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
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About the Event
In Giegerich's What is Soul? there is a section titled “The historicity of soulful feelings”. Among the many artists and phenomena he mentions are the German Minnesingers, musicians of the medieval aristocratic class who composed joyous and tortured odes of devotion to an unattainable lady, a tradition known as “courtly love” that had originated among the troubadours of southern France. This soul phenomenon that was contemporaneous with the cult of the Virgin Mary and the sor mystica of alchemy, will be explored with particular attention to Petarch, whose poems to Laura represent both its peak and completion.