In many of my articles I refer to “courtship” or “courting a woman,” when discussing chivalry and romance, but it is rarely defined in modern times. According to Dictionary.com, what is courtship, exactly? 1. The wooing of one person by another. 2. The period during which such wooing takes place. 3. Solicitation of favors, applause, etc. 4. Ethology. behavior in animals that occurs before and during mating, often including elaborate displays. 5. Obsolete. courtly behavior; courtesy; gallantry. While “solicitation of favors” is questionable, one of these points stands out to…