Did you know that Valentine's Day first became associated with the idea of 'romantic love' in the High Middle Ages when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote:
For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make.
-Parlement of Foules (1382).
["For this was Saint Valentine's Day,
when every bird cometh there to choose his mate"]
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