Policy for the Masses - A legal history podcast
An analysis of some of the oldest laws in the UK, why were they made, what is their history and what can we learn.
Policy for the Masses - A legal history podcast
An Act for the better preventing of prophane Swearing and Cursing - 1650
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Season 1
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Episode 14
The year is 1650, the King is dead so it is time for the Rump Parliament to ban swearing.
Due to the sheer detail of this law I cannot include the text here because there is too much, so I will include some of reading it out but not the whole law, because its got loads of detail.
Who would have thought banning swearing would take up so many words.
References
The Law - An Act for the better preventing of prophane Swearing and Cursing - 1650
AN ACT TO RESTRAIN ABUSES OF PLAYERS (1606)
The Moral Code of the English Civil War and Interregnum
With special thanks to Purple Planet Music who provided me with the intro track - Passport