Modern Day Courtship vs King Arthurs, Courtly Love

Every ten years you can see a change in society. A famous saying states ?thou shalt not chose for thy love anyone whom a natural sense of shame forbids thee to marry?. In today?s world, people are extremely comfortable with public affection. Thou shalt not knowingly strive to break up a correct love affair that someone else is engaged in. This completely still applies today if not more so than it did before. In the old days he who is not jealous cannot love. You can be jealous of a someone else because of their relationship or be jealous of whomever a certain someone ends up with. With something as personal as a romance relationship, people do not like to be told what is right and wrong. Some follow this very closely and others like doing their own thing. On top of these difference we see many similarities as well. Thou shalt be in all things polite and courteous. They will know within 5 minutes of meeting you, if and with who you are in a relationship with.

These two times periods in love history are similar in many ways as well. Jealousy is what drives people to pursue relationships.