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 ...