What is meant by the tradition of courtly love?
1)the tradition of love and courtship followed by medieval nobles
2)the tradition of formal courtship followed by kings
3)the tradition in which a woman has an elevated position
4)the tradition in which the woman is a peace weaver between feuding families
5)the tradition of a knight providing lavish gifts to the queen

1)the tradition of love and courtship followed by medieval nobles.

Explanation:

Courtly love first developed as a literary genre in the middle ages, one where knights would go on dangerous but honorable adventures to sing the praises of a given maid or lady of a high social stance in order to win her love. Eventually this genre became popularized and it became an actual practice that was sought by the nobility in the middle ages.  

i love cake

and don't hate

i know i'm fat

but what's wrong with that

i cant rap

but im sure ya know that

its just for fun

so quit hatin' son

~courtney

the purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.

this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.

aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.