The modern conceptions of romance that we have become accustomed to emerged from the medieval era. During this period, romance was depicted as a fictitious tale or verse that embodied the adventures of a chivalrous man, which often involved the pursuit of love. The influence of medieval romance can be seen through the Scottish chapbooks, as many of the printed stories contain noticeably similar features to those developed within the medieval period. Some of the forms through which they come are ballads, stories, and songs. The examples looked at here are: "History of the Sleeping Beauty in the Wood," and "The History of Cinderella."

The tale of Sleeping Beauty was a fairy tale that was put into chapbook form by publishers in the 19th century. This tale concerbed a princess who was cursed by an evil witch and put into a sleep that could only be broken after 100 years. A prince released her from her sleep through the sound of his voice, leading to their courtship and marriage. Furthermore, the prince rescues her again, however, this time it was from his mother who was an ogre and causes her to kill herself.In this version of the fairy tale, the prince saves his wife and grandchildren from his mother, the evil ogre. The prince is seen as a hero and chivalrous, as he was able to save his "dear wife" and children. Furthermore, the prince and sleeping beauty live happily ever after. This ultimately shows the similarity of the fairy tales within chapbooks to medieval literature. 

Another example of the medieval influence of romance appearing in Scottish chapbooks is the story of Cinderella. This fairy tale is about a girl named Cinderella who lives with her mean step family, and is constantly mistreated by them. She then has the opportunity to go to a ball where she meets and falls in love with a prince. However, she is forced to leave the ball and leaves behind a glass slipper. The prince did not know who she was and wanted to locate her and uses the glass slipper to find her whereabouts. Upon finding her they marry and live happily ever after. 

This tale of courtship is very reminiscent of the medieval depiction of romance, as it involves a prince who goes on a quest to find his love, and ultimately finds hers and they live together forever. Thus, it is very likely that this story was influenced in great part by the medieval era's depiction of romance.