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At the end of the evening, the lady would look over her options and choose who would be her escort.

The human male likes proportion and artistic beauty, with ease and grace of movement, and all bound together not by a corset but by ineffable manner of charm." "A young woman’s health is the very last thing thought about by an admirer of the opposite sex," writes Brown.

Almost all courting took place in the girl's home, under the eye of watchful parents.

If the courting progressed, the couple might advance to the front porch.

From buying a woman dinner to opening a door for her, many of today's courting rituals are rooted in medieval chivalry.

During medieval times, the importance of love in a relationship emerged as a reaction to arranged marriages but was still not considered a prerequisite in matrimonial decisions.