Getting your flirt on, medieval style! The earliest known dance manuals in Europe date to the 15th century and involve a series of scintillating choreographies that are performed to a specific piece of music. Despite the moralizing diatribes by the dance masters who composed these first manuals as a sort of C.V. to get hired by an illustrious patron, the figures and footwork naturally lend themselves to a charmingly coy and socially acceptable flirtation. Here is a prime example of such a dance,

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