Has romance changed overtime?

As we look at love through the ages its clear that romance has developed and changed. No more are women seen as available and to be chased but as objects of desire and company.

Back in the 14th Century romance was key, it was all about the chase. Women were always seen as available, even if they feel in love they were to keep it a secret and always remain available. Back then men would try to win women by presenting them with gifts of money and jewels. The Elizabethan Era developed more, but not necessarily in a good way. Women were seen as objects of their fathers, their parents controlled their marriage and set them up in marriages with men who had great wealth to secure their future. Unfortunately, it would seem Romeo and Juliet got lucking - although they did die at the end - so perhaps Shakespeare was sending us a message marriage is about stability not love. This is an idea which the Victorians continued. Women were married of to men older and wealthy. Parents lacked care for their daughters and focused more on finding them a good husband than being caring of the child.

Nowadays our view on romance is very different. Marriage is something most people think of in their late 20s early 30s. We don't go out on romantic meals. We don't experience courting anymore. Love and romance seem to be vacant from our 21st century lives. If we wake up to a text from a loved one we get butterflies in our stomach, yes that's right a TEXT not a phone call, not a bunch of flowers sitting on the bottom of our beds a little typed out message on a phone.

So is romance something which just exists in movies? Or is it something which has changed overtime? As each era brings about new development does it bring about now changes in romance and love?