Happy Valentine Day - 05

Swedish calendar showing St Valentine's Day, February 14, 1712. Using the language of the law courts for the rituals of courtly love, a "High Court of Love" was established in Paris on Valentine's Day in 1400.

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The court dealt with love contracts, betrayals, and violence against women. Judges were selected by women on the basis of a poetry reading.

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