<Li> Valentine's Day </Li> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A point of ongoing controversy about courtly love is to what extent it was sexual . All courtly love was erotic to some degree, and not purely platonic--the troubadours speak of the physical beauty of their ladies and the feelings and desires the ladies arouse in them . However, it is unclear what a poet should do: live a life of perpetual desire channeling his energies to higher ends, or physically consummate . Scholars have seen it both ways . </P>

Who was the audience for stories about courtly love and why did these stories develop