The weird sex rules of King Henry VIII’s Tudor England

Libby-Jane Charleston
6 min readDec 20, 2020

Sex was strictly frowned upon in the early years of King Henry VIII’s reign — unless you followed certain rules. In fact, there were so many rules regarding when and how often you could have sex in Tudor England, it’s a wonder anyone was able to have any fun at all.

Some of the outlandish laws put in place in 16th Century England were apparently necessary, so that people…

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Libby-Jane Charleston

Journalist, ex-ABC TV, HuffPost AU Assoc Editor, ABC TV, author, poet, mother of 3 boys, cancer Survivor, history lover