/lit/ - Literature

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>Some of the greatest chivalric heroes are guys who worship and grovel at the feet of a woman they've met twice and who is married to another man.

Sometimes they don't even met their "love from afar".

>Jaufre Rudel was inspired to go on Crusade upon hearing from returning pilgrims of the beauty of Countess Hodierna of Tripoli, and that she was his amor de lonh, his far-off love. The legend claims that he fell sick on the journey and was brought ashore in Tripoli a dying man. Countess Hodierna is said to have come down from her castle on hearing the news, and Rudel died in her arms.