Ecurb wrote: ↑December 18th, 2020, 10:03 pmSyphillis was non-existant back then in Europe. ...Jack D Ripper wrote: ↑December 18th, 2020, 9:22 pm
Maybe he does not want to die a horrible death from syphilis, which could not be cured back then.
Sex is, unfortunately, not just sex. It is a matter of life and death. Literally.
There is some debate about that. See, for example:
https://www.shh.mpg.de/1821960/syphilis-before-columbus
But even if syphilis was not a possibility for Robin Hood, other sexually transmitted diseases were:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25969906/
I can definitely appreciate a great concern for sexual fidelity, particularly before the advent of modern medicine. Of course, there presently are sexually transmitted diseases that are not curable, so there is still reason to care about this issue. It is not just a matter of prudishness or religious doctrine. Sex can kill you.