Abstract
This articles analyses the evolution of positive moral features attributed to the lady at court by poets serving Frederick II, comparing the way in which such a theme is dealt with by these poets and by a group of troubadours considered by scholars to have greatly influenced the former. The results of the analysis reveal a reduced attention on the part of the Sicilian poets to the moral fibre and manners of the lady at court, especially those regarding certain particular aspects. Moreover, they seem to favour vague terms over those more defined in nature. Such tendencies seem more accentuated in poets from an inferior social sphere belonging to the lower rungs of the hierarchy, whereas those closest to the emperor seem to give heightened value to some positive qualities in the lady at court which extend beyond the very limited rules of courtly love.
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