Why is la Belle Dame sans Merci? Evolutionary Psychology and the Troubadours

Neophilologus

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 523-541

  Monson, Don A ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtly love; Evolutionary psychology; Gender; Sexuality; Troubadours

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052370097     PISSN: 00282677     EISSN: 15728668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11061-011-9256-2     Document Type: Article

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