Happy Valentine’s Day, with much love from me to all of you out there who visit this site and follow my posts! Check out the history of Valentine’s Day here: it may go back to the Roman Lupercalia, or to medieval Islam, but it *definitely* goes back to the European late Middle Ages.
This is the world’s oldest definite Valentine – click on the history link to find out about it!

A Valentine from Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife in 1415 AD
And an original bonus cartoon, too!