How Valentine's Day Started
In 1381 Chaucer composed a poem in honor of the engagement between Englands Richard II and Anne of Bohemia. While Valentines Day has become a fun commercialized slightly silly holiday dedicated to candy cheesy TV specials cards and overpriced romantic dinners the origins may be wilder than. The Dark History Behind Valentine S Day The Spectrum Valentine defied the emperor at the time by secretly marrying men and their brides. How valentine's day started . That holiday arguably the origin of Valentines Day called Lupercalia celebrated fertility and may have included a ritual in which men and women were paired off by choosing names from a jar. Origin of Valentine Week. Later St Valentine was arrested and finally. It began to be annually observed by young Romans who offered handwritten greetings of affection known as. There is no history behind the celebration of the valentine week. It is believed that Valentines Day has existed for more than 16 centuries but the holidays