Just a thought concerning Lily (Breeding)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 96146

Chelle wrote:
> You have to take into consideration that the muggle idea of 'Courtly
> Love' was still rather new. Love and its theories did not exist
before the 14th Century. <snipped discussion of arranged marriage>
> 
Carol:
I'm not sure what you mean by this statement or how it relates to HP.
True, the courtly love tradition is purely medieval, but love itself
is a natural human emotion that has probably existed from the
beginning of the species. Greek myth is full of variations on the
theme of love, as is Greek philosophy. And it's possible for a husband
and wife to love one another even in an arranged marriage. Love
sometimes develops from mere proximity, or from shared parenthood. I
agree that arranged marriages probably occur in the WW, but only
between purebloods, not between Muggles and Wizards. It's possible
that the Malfoys had an arranged marriage yet still in their snobbish
pureblood way love one another and their son. Courtly love, IMO, has
nothing to do with it, and in any case, the object of courtly love was
generally a woman married to another man. Apologies if I've
misunderstood the point of your post.

Carol