Andreas Capellanus (fl. 1180s), probably a chaplain to Marie de Champagne, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitaine. From the 1160s onwards Marie's court became one of the most prominent cultural centres of France. From there the concept of courtly love was spread by authors, such as Chrétien de Troyes and Andreas Capellanus, whose major work, De Arte Honesti Amandi, became the guideline for courtly lovers. The work is divided into three books:

The book is closely related to Ovid's Ars Amatoria and the Remedia Amoris and had a strong influence on the presentation of love in all European literatures. (Cf. The Art of Courtly Love, transl. by J. J. Parry. New York 1941, repr. 1964).