Raging Romantics
#104 Be Our Valentine?
February 14, 2025
Jackie and Jen tackle the history of the holiday that, well, is more holy that holi...
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Books/primary sources we mention:
- Bede's Martyrologium
- Golden Legend (Legenda Aurea) by Jacopo de Voragine
- The Parliament of Fowls by Chaucer (trans. by Kline, 2007)
- Poem by Charles, Duke of Orleans
- Howland Valentine example (Mtholyoke.edu)
- The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
- Gammer Gurton's Garland
- Romain de la poire
- Pucking Around by Emily Rath
- Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young
- Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Other episodes:
Sources:
- "The dark origins of Valentine's Day" (Seipel, 2022)
- "Sts. Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum, Martyrs" ( Congregation Of The Sisters Of The Divine Redeemer, American Region, 2025)
- "Chapter 42 of the Golden Legend by Jacobus Voragine (1275), translated by William Caxton, 1483" (Christianiconography.info)
- "The Life of Claudius" (Historia Augusta, web, 2021)
- "What the mythical Cupid can teach us about the meaning of love and desire" (Christensen, 2022)
- "Amethyst" (huffmanjewelers.com)
- "The History of the Heart Shape" (Robinson, 2024)
- "Lupercalia" (history.com, 2024)
- "The Evolution of Valentine's Day" (Hohn, 2023)
- "The History & Mythology Of Amethyst" (Varianceobjects.com)
- "The Parlement of Foules" (britannica.com)
- "The First Valentine" (Petty, 2023)
- Esther Howland 1847 (MtHolyoke.edu, 2025)
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Join librarians Jackie and Jen to discuss their favorite genre: romance! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at Ragingromantics@nopl.org
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