The following articles explore the similarity of courtly & romantic love with the structural practices of BDSM.
- Courtly Romance as Sadomasochistic Erotica – by Tom Driver (2020)
- Sadomasochism and Courtly Love – by Emmanuel-Juste Duits (1999)
- Male Masochism in Victorian Women’s Literature – by Carol Siegal (1995)
- Male Masochism and Culture in – by Arnold Kamiat (1936)
- Guinevere and Lancelot- by William de Leftwich Dodge (1910)
- Male Masochism in Courtly Love – by Jean Markale (1987)
- The Masochism of Sir Lancelot – By Tom Driver & C.S. Lewis (2024)