Being someone's Valentine used to involve far more than a one-day commitment and receiving chocolates. Before the 18th century, it was often a yearlong role that could lead to marriage. The origins of ...

When most people think of Valentine's Day, they envision a bouquet of red roses, a heart-shaped box full of chocolates and perhaps even someone they love. And while that is what Valentine's Day has ...

A 14th-century poem praising Henry V's wife Catherine has one of the earliest references to sending valentine cards. But gifts probably were exchanged soon after Pope Gelasius christianized the Roman ...

(STACKER) — Today, we associate Valentine’s Day with heart-shaped chocolate boxes, roses and romance. But where did the day of love get its roots? Stacker used historical and news sources from the ...