Jade raised her hand, "Courtly love had certain rules put down. For example, what gifts a woman could except from her lover. Also, courtly love was often between a married woman and a single man, thus adding a certain flare to the love because both know if they are caught they would surely be punished. A great example of this is Sir Lancelot and Guinevere. There were also men who sang songs of courtly love around this time in the middle ages. They traveled around, singing their love for the woman the could not have."