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==History== | ==History== | ||
The origin of romantic love is often cited as beginning with the 'courtly love' practices of [[chivalry]] in Medieval Times.<ref>Beigel, 1951</ref><ref>Hunt, 1959</ref> However, closer analysis reveals romantic love being discussed in Plato's symposium in 360BC.<ref>https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/831/1.0053733/1 AN EXISTENTIAL-PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ROMANTIC LOVE by Karen Lecovin</ref> | The origin of romantic love is often cited as beginning with the 'courtly love' practices of [[chivalry]] in Medieval Times.<ref>Beigel, 1951</ref><ref>Hunt, 1959</ref> However, closer analysis reveals romantic love being discussed in Plato's symposium in 360BC.<ref>https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/831/1.0053733/1 AN EXISTENTIAL-PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ROMANTIC LOVE by Karen Lecovin</ref> | ||
Modern notions of romance borrow mostly from the Greek idea of sexuality as spiritual, medieval idealization of love, the Puritan idea of love being essential to marriage, and the Victorian stress on the emotional side of love.<ref>https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/831/1.0053733/1 AN EXISTENTIAL-PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ROMANTIC LOVE by Karen Lecovin</ref> | |||
==Relationships without romance== | ==Relationships without romance== | ||