Panel of Experts:
Courtly Love
Reading for all participants: The Lovers' Trial [see link]
1. The Man
2. Advocate for the Man's Position-- "rules of love" by
Andreas Capellanus
3. The Woman
4. Advocate for the Woman's Position-- Some Biblical support below:
"Thus a married
woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband
dies she is discharged from the law concerning the husband. (Romans 7: 2)
"To the married I give the charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife
should not separate from her husband, but if she does, let her remain single or
else be reconciled to her husband--and that the husband should not divorce his
wife. (1 Corinthians 7: 10-11)
5. Eleanor of Aquitaine: She approves her daughter, Marie de Champagne's judgment