The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- The diary of Samuel Pepys offers a unique opportunity to gain insight on life in London when King Charles II returned to sit upon his executed father's throne. I'm exploring some excerpts from this fascinating text in this video to see what we can learn about Pepys and the era in which he lived...
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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):
Image of the first page of Samuel Pepys manuscript diary from H.B. Wheatley, ed, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Pepysiana (London, 1899).
Various screenshots from pepysdiary.com (www.pepysdiary...)
Etching called “The execution of King Charles I”, after an unknown artist (c.1649). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
1825 print of a c.1666 portrait of Elizabeth Pepys, engraved by James Thomson, after John Hayls.
Portrait of Samuel Pepys by John Hayls (1666). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Portrait of Charles II of England in Coronation robes by John Michael Wright (c.1661-1662). Held by the Royal Collection.
Portrait of Barbara Palmer, née Villiers, Lady Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland by Peter Lely (17th century). Held in the Schorr Collection.
Portrait of Samuel Pepys by Godfrey Kneller (1689). Held by the National Maritime Museum.
Portrait of Samuel Pepys attributed to John Riley (c.1690). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Quoted texts:
Samuel Pepys’ diary from pepysdiary.com (www.pepysdiary...)
Also consulted, were:
Relevant entries in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online
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Samuel Pepys’ diary is a very entertaining read and a rare glimpse into 17th century England. One entry in the diary Pepys talks about listening to Mr John Swinfen, MP in Parliament which is fascinating for me because John Swinfen is my ancestor.
There are so many interesting entries in the diary! I found it really hard to whittle down to the ones I spoke about here!
It’s such a thrill to read or see something with an ancestors name, isn’t it! This is a terrific connection between you and your ancestor, lucky you!
@@lindahart6049 Samuel Pepys’ diary is a work I have been reading on and off for many years, long before I had heard or knew anything about John Swinfen or my family connection with him. It was whilst researching my family tree that I found the connection with John and Pepys’ reference to him in his diary.
Reading parts of the diary, it strikes me how in certain respects, our life and Pepys' life isn't that different, despite the centuries that have passed. Like us, he goes to work, visits friends, and has friends visit him, goes to the theatre, goes sightseeing, enjoys a bit of gossip, goes to the doctor. Even his work-related woes, his and his wife's struggles with infertility, all sound similar to the daily problems faced by a modern person.
Yes, and then suddenly, someone is being beheaded publicly, the bubonic plague is ravaging everyone, servants run away and get whipped when caught, everyone is making forceful advances on women without their consent, and people are gambling on c*ck fights in the streets.
Kisses dead queens on the mouth, gets sent to the tower, just like us
Definitely still a time to use isn’t and a time to use aren’t… centuries passing doesn’t mean rules of languages should be disregarded…
Nothing changes world over or date. Learnt that with immig immigrants have same problems. Beauty of nursing
@@chewyourmilk Well, we have some weird folks now that could certainly outdo Pepys in the weirdness department. Is a lot harder now to get sent to the Tower. ;) But I agree with the commentator. Reading the diary, is mostly just day to day stuff. "had to go to work early today, but had a nice dinner at so-and-so's house, happy that my wife is prettier than his wife, went to a play and what a waste of time that was, got new clothes, gosh do I look good, etc.
Yay!!! Samuel Pepys is one of my favorites. I am delighted that you included many naughty moments. “It’s gross and I want you to know about it too” referring to his “gag-worthy” smooch with a very dead queen made my day! Every Friday, I am so happy to get your esteemed academic and hilarious take on a vast array of subjects. You outdid yourself with Samuel Pepys. Thank you!!!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🤩
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Have you seen the TV movie The Private Life of Samuel Pepys?@@ReadingthePast
This was delicious and exactly what I needed after a trying week. I reread some Pepys in 2020 and found it interesting how many of the same pandemic precautions of the twenty-first century were in use during the seventeenth-century plague in London. Pepys was very careful about social distancing, for example. Part of the surprise about Pepys interactions with the young lady who was readying her pins against his unwelcome erotic attentions was that it took place during a sermon in a church, and a sermon to which Pepys was attending carefully while being a nuisance. Sermons were an important source of entertainment in those Restoration days and the subject of a perverse connoisseurship that had little to do with actual devotion. Divine service must have been quite lively in those London churches. Finally, when Pepys was accused of "popery" I suspect he was in real trouble, as the nearest equivalent in American history would have been for an upper-level bureaucrat to be branded a Communist in Washington, D. C. during the 1950s. Sorry for these ramblings--how I enjoy your presentations!
When something like quarantines have been around since the Black Death, it would make sense for ppl like Pepys to use common sense during a pandemic. I mean epidemic, but the way this current decade's been playing out, you never know.
I believe we're often too quick to excuse bad behavior as being a "product of a different time", as if they didn't know better and it couldn't be helped. He clearly knew his actions upset his wife, and that he continues the behavior shows it is a conscious choice to not behave as a kind and caring husband. That's his character, not the environment.
Thank-you. Yes!
I agree, he was an immoral sex predator that used his position for his gratification. On the 17th September 1663 he visited a village close to where I live Parsons Drove. to his uncle and aunt Perkins. he hated the place and his visit except for "the mayde who was indifference handsome, and so I had a kiss or two of her, and I to bed"
I disagree. Had you been brought up in that time I have no doubt you’d see the world in a different light and behave differently.
It's Samuel "warts and all" so to speak. He was honest about his foibles unlike so many others of his time (and our time). He has popped up so often when I've studied different points in history. I remember his writing about some buried parmesan cheese in his garden during the Great Fire. Like him or not, he's a fascinating man and he gave history a tremendous gift.
Clicked on this right away. I listened to an audio book of Sap's life 10 years ago and some of the details are still vivid in my memory. Your presentation was flawless, as always. Many thanks.
While much later my family has a diary from an ancestor who travelled by wagon train to Texas after the US Civil War. What she described is entirely different from the portrayals in movies and tv series. She and the rest of her family were terrified of the “miscreants” also on the train and the women spent much of their time in the wagon. I love historical diaries as they tell us so much about the lives of literate people…as literacy spread diaries were kept across class lines. I read a lot of diaries when studying oppression.
Pepys is almost a textbook hanger-on of the rich and famous. His position in society was as the outermost fringe relative of aristocrats (Montagu). He was indeed diligent enough to use his natural talents to advance in society, but he was also very attentive to his social status and to his social superiors. I have a theory that his bizarre "petticoat peeping" and kissing a corpse were spurred by an obsession with the aristocracy and I suspect that abusing servants was partly to lord it over someone, anyone, not just because they were available. Clearly there was some sort of sexual addiction - 20 women in 9 years of diary-keeping? But his discussions of daily life are invaluable to lovers of history.
20 women is a lot?..in only 9 years?
i listened to an audiobook of the unabridged diary in summer 2020 and got so involved in the pepyses, especially elizabeth, that i really mourned their loss when it was over. when i visit london i'm absolutely going to make a point of seeing their memorial. i cried over elizabeth's death, even though it was so long ago, and thinking about her even now makes me sad. i can't explain it - i've never felt a connection like that to a historical figure, but the diary is so REAL, it's so everyday, it's what samuel was thinking, warts and all, and i love that. it reminds me that the saying "the past is like another country; they do things differently there" isn't entirely true at all.
I was dismayed that the diary ended before Elizabeth's death so we have no information about what led up to it or how Samuel took it (I expect poorly). I have wondered if we have surviving letters of his in which he speaks of it? (My daughter, knowing my obsession, gave me a book purportedly telling the story from Elizabeth's point of view - called "Poor Wretch." Sadly, not as well writen as the diaries. )
Pausing at 04:20 to say I really appreciate the trouble you take to thoroughly explain things other presenters would skip over. I've meant to convey this for a while, but I'm sorry, you're so interesting and get my brain working so much I'm either commenting(at length) on the content or gourging on the brain fodder!. You've given a perfect example with the trouble you're taking to explain the old and new calendars, but you do it all the time. A lot of historians, not just on YT, tend to the style of "it was established..."; "It seems that.." leaving us howling "Why?//how?//what's your source?" but you never do that. It's appreciated.
Yes - I have finished the (Wheaton ed.) diary and have wondered the whole time about the dates, e.g., "1663/64." So helpful having this explanation.
I have chronic illnesses and my wife has depression, so I can confirm sometimes we get on each other's nerves more than many couples. Communication helps keep us sane, not sure the same can be said for the Pepys
This lady is one of the best narrators I’ve seen on UA-cam.
Very interesting. Pepys the Petticoat Pepper was creepy by our 21st century standards but his behaviour was fairly typical of the time. Stories like these remind me of how the women were treated in the past and I am thankful we have progressed significantly since then.
I love history and think we are so fortunate that resources like this diary to learn from. I am so pleased I came across your channel several months ago so that I may continue to explore the past. Your research and delivery of the information is so witty and thorough. Thank you Dr. Kat for sharing your love of history with us!
I was actually going to ask how typical his behaviour was for the time. Do we have many other primary sources from the time?
@@--enyo-- yeah, I would like to know this too. In a time where childbirth could be fatal, disease was common, and virginity was important, I doubt that this behaviour was socially acceptable by everyone. Maybe like today, the people who feel entitled to do so, do it, and the rest of us dislike them for it?
We know he was a gross horndog and can safely assume he was having titillating thoughts in this incident, but it is also good to remember that these undergarments were not quite as private as ours are now. Women’s fashion of the day displayed the neckline, hem and sleeves of the petticoats quite prominently. That lace was meant to be seen by anyone who saw her when she was fully dressed. So him looking at her smocks wasn’t quite the invasion of privacy it would be for a man to be seeking out a woman’s bra and panties now, even if his dirty mind did clearly cross more than a few lines in the process.
@@slinky.blackcat9965 childbirth is still fatal in 2022.
@@--enyo-- in an era when women had even less rights than we do now, I would think it was not uncommon for males to think it was quite alright to do things then that would net them time in jail today. Samuel just recorded it.
"it's gross and I know about it and I want you to know about it too" i laughed out loud and scared the dog.
What can I say… sharing is caring 🤣🤣🤣
Bless you, been 30 years since first I read Pyps...excellent!
Thank you so much for this, I loved it 🙂 I've wondered whether Pepy's being "cut of the stone" led to his infertility, or whether Elizabeth had endometriosis (in addition to her recurring cyst, poor lady). I love Pepy's honesty; he said it as it was, even when describing situations that put him in a poor light. I've sat here stitching and giggling; what a great way to round off the afternoon. XXX
I believe he had a 'housekeeper' later in life she never had children either
He certainly doesn’t appear to have fathered any children and so, considering how he spent his time, it seems likely that he was infertile.
@@ReadingthePast I have a friend called Gillian Bagwell (relation to Mrs Bagwell maybe?) who has written a book called 'The Darling Strumpet' about Nell Gwyn, I think Sam makes an appearance in it
@@bogarte7185 oh yes, I enjoyed that book!
Samuel Pepys provides an interesting individual story set in a very interesting transitional period. Of course his diary still fascinates. I loved your focus on his misbehaviours as a husband whilst being jealous of his wife (hypocrisy much, eh) and also the reminder of how the diary can be used as a source concerning politics of the times, especially the Restoration year. Pepys was clearly ambitious and in his days that meant being as close to royalty as possible. Clearly royalty were the celebs of the time. People like Pepys wanted to talk about anything, anything at all, that would frame them as close to royalty. That is why the very creepy moments concerning kissing a royal corpse and looking at Castlemaine's undies actually really represent some of the vibe of that time.
I loved this presentation. You always give a wonderful perspective of these historical events. Thank you so very much.
I. Am. So. Excited!!! Let's go!
Dr Kat, I would love to see you do an episode on Henry 8th's fool, William Sommers. I heard he was the only one allowed to tell the king the truth although sometimes using humor to do so. Besides his story and his relationship with Henry and the other Tudors, generally the role and history of the position of the fool in the English court.
Wasn't he supposedly Henry VIII half brother, is is that merely a myth?
@@jeraldbaxter3532 Really!? I did not know that! The relationship between he and Henry is fascinating
Have you read the book 'the autobiography of Henry VIII' by Margaret George. Its written as if Henry himself wrote a journal of his life story and Will is a kind of narrator reading it and commenting. It's a fine book 900 odd pages, I really enjoyed it. Margaret George also wrote a fabulous account of Elizabeth I called 'Elizabeth', also a 900 pager. If you haven't read them I highly recommend. Shakespeare, Letice knolleys, Bacon's both senior and junior and many others make an appearance in the elizabeth book. I loved it so much I've read it 4 times 💯❤️
I have always been fascinated with Samuel. His diary is utterly interesting!!
Thank you so much Dr Kat! It's always a pleasure to listen and watch.
Your vlogs on Friday are anticipated and appreciated. Always well researched and always entertaining. Thanks much!
I don't exactly know who this guy is historically, this is the first I've heard of him. But I must say he had huge balls to keep such a detailed diary during this volatile time in British history where he actually expressed his honest opinions about those in power & the ruling monarch in writing. That wasn't without risk & he was apparently smart enough to know that & write it in code. Fascinating. I wonder how common it was for people of that time to keep a private journal or diary knowing that it could be stolen & used against them by any political enemies they may have had or simply used for blackmail. Probably why more people in high positions didn't keep a personal journal/diary which is too bad for historians. It would be amazing to know what certain historical figures really thought during their trials & tribulations & betrayals & imprisonments, etc. Especially the women who seem to get the Madonna/Whore treatment with a narrative of Innocent Victim with no power, used by the men in her life or else a scheming social climbing witch who uses her charms on men to gain wealth & power. I'd like to know Cleopatra's, Marie Antoinette's, Anne Bolyn's Catherine the Great's & many others side in their own words
Pepys not only wrote in code, but when he was writing about his various "amours, " he would often slip into French or some other language than English, I suppose as insurance to make sure Elizabeth wouldn't be able to figure out what he had been up to...
Enjoyed listening to the readings of Samual Pepys diary! Thank you !👍
Thoroughly enjoyed as always, thanks Dr Kat xx🇬🇧
Fascinating as always! Thank you for this glimpse into the past.
His diary is definitely something l want to explore, what an entertaining way to learn more about his Era. Great video!
Really interesting. One of my favourite parts of history.
Kenneth Branagh’s reading of the diaries is fantastic
I loved reading this diary, it was many moons ago now but I still think about it. thank you so much for taking the time explain lots of things I hadn’t known while reading it myself, so interesting. 👍🏽🙋🏽♀️
I clicked straight away when I saw my notifications!
Dude was a bit of a creeper, I have to say!
But it's amazing how honest he is about all sorts of things- his relationship with his wife, at times seems very contradictory; he loves her, yet pursued multiple women- from his own maids, to complete strangers - & yet there are times where he thinks twice about a pursuit, being concerned/ afraid of her reaction- & is reduced to a 'shivering wreck' by her cool fury, on an occasion where he gets caught out, & he leaves off his womanising for a time as a result.
And yet there's also occasions where his behaviour is downright cruel; she reads out a letter to him, listing her litany of complaints about him (he'd burnt the other one without reading it)- he's mortified that she would comit such private issues to paper, & destroys it, along with other correspondence of hers- including love letters _he_ wrote to her during their courtship, & records her great distress. He later writes of his regret, but there's nothing to be done about it.
It really is such a unique insight into a *fascinating* time, a marriage, & an individual of that time, as well as how they lived their life..
You are so close to 100K! How exciting! Congrats.
What a colorful character!! Thank you!
really enjoyed!
Thank you. Most enlightening!!
Ahhh, my favorite work distraction channel! Hi, Dr. Kat!
“Petticoat peeper” - I’m screaming!😂 Obsessed with your content! Ty!
Thank you for such an interesting reading🌺
I've read the abridged version (the only translation available here) a few years ago. It's an interesting read, I remember his problematic sexcapades well, but I also remember him burying the cheese and wine in 1666, and tea tasting. I generally enjoyed the read. But what I enjoyed the most was his book escapades and recommendations, that guy loved to read, and I appreciate it. I love the glimpse into the XVIIth century he gives us.
Mr. Pepys doth give me ye crepys...
I remember my old school history teacher saying something along those lines, many years ago. She certainly wasn't a fan of Sam!
I added my thumbs up purely because of your introduction with the explanation of the various calendar styles. I absolutely did not know that the years used to start on Ladies Day. 🤩 Fascinating, thank you.
Hi Dr Kat. Great video. I recently watched the BBC show "The Secret Life of Samuel Pepys" and you've provided a very interesting historical background.
This is so cool. Right from the horse's mouth (or pen, rather). I love it!!
@@markanderson0022 Very well thank you, Robert.
@@markanderson0022 Would you care to have a guess?
@@markanderson0022 Very close. I'm from California. And yourself? Where are you from? I feel that it's farther away than Texas, but I have no idea.
I confess this was all new to me. It’s fascinating!
Always glad when you upload a video :)
We discussed this one in high school. The other kids loved it~
This has nothing to do with Pepys, the man who treasured his Parmesan cheese more than his wife, but I'm always curious about the books that appear in presenters' backgrounds. I'd love for Dr. Kat, or any other presenter to point out the favorites among them and explain why. That said, when I'm participating in the modern ritual of sharing my diet on social media, or giving menu/dinner options to the family, I almost always include the Pepys phrase, "And all things noble and mighty to my great content." Bet that greasy old perv wouldn't imagine that particular phrase making almost half a millennium past his entry.
As we judge someone with our 21st century eyes, so shall we be judged by future generations.
This is absolutely spectacular!
Really enjoyed this
I stumbled upon the first 15 volumes of the Wheaton diary last year ($6/each, so I bought it) - and was dismayed to find out it wasn't complete. So for Mother's Day this year, my husband and adult children were able to find the complete 18 volumes. Vol. 18 is an index, so I was expecting 17 to be the last volume - was dismayed when he ended it at the end of 16 with the sad note of his expectation of going blind ... I have enjoyed reading him (and my family is sick of hearing what "Sam" has been up to) ... Even with his obvious flaws, he was an engaging person and certainly an entertaining raconteur....
Aaargghgh - Wheatley, not Wheaton.
What a brilliant video.
Hi in my family tree one of my ancestors was Pepys scribe which I can trace.
Wow what a life, I was aware of his diary but assumed his life ended shortly after his last entry…how wrong was I! Imagine how rich a primary source this would have been if he’d carried it on!
29:34 Anyone else think that Pepys looked a lot like Waldamar Januszczak?
Had to pause the video because the story of his wife becoming ill after drinking cold beer reminds me of a tombstone I saw outside Winchester Catherdal - a soldier who died from drinking "a pot of small beer whilst hot." I couldn't fathom it, but I guess it was a thing? I'll never forget the little rhyme at the bottom either - "An honest soldier is never forgot, whether he die by musket or by pot." Oh, to be so well remembered...anyway...onward...
The only other mention I’ve seen of Pepys focused on his social climbing and his great love of food, especially posh food. This is a fascinating contrast.
Ouch! I have had kidney stones removed with anesthetics and it is painful: before and after. I can only imagine this with pain: before, during, and after...Ouch! doesn't cover it.
There’s a suggestion that the wound never fully closed either… but he still celebrated 😱
@@ReadingthePast Wow!
Luv the channel Dr. Kat 👍💜☮️💙 best wishes! Xx
I love his diaries
I have all nine volumes which I read when I was young and at university. I thought this a one sided very salacious reading.
I read a much redacted version of Pepys diaries in high s hool. I should revisit these as I have read a bit more Stuart history lately. Why does no one, except serious historians, remember to refer to William of Orange's relationship by blood to the Stuart's. It drives me batty, like he is a nonentity or a spare.
Can anyone tell me if I hit the Like button on a vlog that's old does that help the vlogger? Sometimes you find a vlog after it's been going for a year or more and I never know if "liking" something that old helps the algorithm.
As usual lots of stuff I never knew delivered in an enjoyable way. I never knew that about the calendar. So, if I read that someone was born on April 16, 1455 that would be an old date and not necessarily what we would think was April16th?
Dr. Kat, can you do videos on the Kit Kat Club and the Beauties of Hampton Court? I found these portrait paintings fascinating and want to know more!!!
I strongly think women were constantly under a sort of prurient assault by men through a good chunk of history. Mr. Pepys was not actually all that unusual. For a really awful example, read Boswell's London Journal. In it, he describes himself as assaulting a streetwalker (we have no idea if she was any such thing) and then tossing her into the arms of a pack of drunken rouges when she resisted. It's deeply chilling.
Enjoy your presentations so much. Would love to hear a presentation about Bishop Steven Gardner!!
Thank you, enjoy your talks alot.
I would love to hear something on Bess of Hardwick
I'm a Pepys Person. -read it all, and all once more. I am still re-reading Samuel Pepys' DIary.
If you possess the diary bug (you must be born with the disease), then remember to record everything and be more honest than you are to yourself. Think of your diary as Jesus (or Moses) taking your confession. Note that Mrs Pepys (Lizzie), when Sam's eyes began to fail, tried her hand at a diary, but she did not do well. She began recording events before they happened and making corrections days after an event!
Diaries do not work that way for Historians.
Where would we be without Anne Frank, Theo and Vincent's letters, and 'ole Pepysie? As I am not an historian 400 or 500 years hence, I cannot say how much of a success your diary is. However, IF you are painfully honest and thorough, some future Historian like me is gonna' read every word closer than you did when you wrote the words.
Don't forget. The Truth, The Whole Truth and nothing but the TRUTH. If you can write a little, are faithful, diligent and HONEST, Historians are gonna' read your Diary!
Thank you, I want all the details. Including all the private and gross details aha.
You're a gem.
The Australian Financial year is July 1 - June 30. We're weird apparently
oh boy, I'm ready to be scandalized!
Pepys is a creep. I am grateful that his diary survived, however. He is honest and we would probably find him a bit simple today. This gives the diary reader a peeping tom kind of feeling that is fascinating if often repulsive.
Yes, it feels slightly taboo but you are compelled to read on!
I thank Samuel Pepys for leaving us his Diary. Although, i am not a fan of his, i appreciate the amazing fortune of his documented history visa vis his Diaries.
Shoutout to our boy Sammy Pepys, who went to church to find hook-up during sermon 🤣
When I heard that Elizabeth was "ill with her old pain", the first thing that crossed my mind was endometriosis or something like that which can also cause fertility issues.
I was “today” years old when I learned the correct pronunciation of Pepys...
I found this video so in teresting.Boy, Barbara Palmer really got around,as did the subject of this video.We do owe him much for giving the modern day reader a close up into the life and times of many Stuart events.
I have read the complete translated diary and enjoyed it though it did become tedious at times. He and John Evelyn were known to each other so I got Evelyns diary but that was not nearly as good as Pepys. 40 years later I have yet to finish it.
It would be good to know how the journal came to be preserved and studied. Was it donated to a library? Left in his office as an official document? Retained as evidence in a court case? Or handed down in the family? If he was not expecting it to live on, I would not be so critical of his "creeping" (a modern term, not your words) over a king's mistress's underware. We all think things we should keep to ourselves.
Having to be chased off with pins by women in a church is another matter regardless of who he thought the audience would be though. (OK, on the street it would be just as bad.) Great examination in any case.
His diary makes for some wild reading. 😜
It certainly does!!
Oh, Good Lord! Catherine of Valois had been dead over 200 years!?!
Lol the ad under the video was for a family lawyer consultation! Guess there were some keywords in there.
It's a pity he stopped writing, or didn't restart his diary once his eyes had recovered. Seems he still had a lot to say. I wonder if someone who could read his shorthand found his diary?
I hope to begin reading this soon.
be honest- who else thought his name was pronounced Pe- pays????
I'd always pronounced PEP-is. You learn something new every day. I have a 1923 edition.
Me too
Love Peyps! And so to bed....
Sadly, his wife died aged 29 after 15 years of marriage.
Didn’t Pepys also give a narrative of the Great Fire of London? I seem to remember something about a buried parmesan cheese?
Are we assuming that Pepys behavior with women was common for the time because he writes about it or because others have written so as well? It is clear that men have always sought sex with women outside of their marriage but what percentage of the total numbers of married men do this? Most married men or only the wealthy? And was it also considered “normal” or acceptable, well, at least by the men? The church scenes have probably been repeated a billion times over the years and sexual predation was no doubt common among the clergy as well, as we know from our own sad experiences over the past few decades.
Somehow, I suspect that kissing the laid out corpses of the death or even touching them carried a lot less “ick” factor then, than it does now. Death played a bigger part in the daily lives of people at that time because of the many illnesses that carried them off at a young age. I also suspect that kissing the mouth, even of a dead Queen, was a bit like contact with a rock star today - also something to have a little brag about.
Samuel, saw some historical moments,met some interesting folks,and lived a long life(For that time period)He was a perv,disloyal to his poor wife,and had some ill health issues.He did well for a mid level bureaucrat.Interesting fellow, weird kissing a corpse. Thanks for everything, as usual Great.
First, I always listen to Dr. Kat with my earbuds. Second, since he worked for the government, I am not surprised that Pepys is a cad, but his tales of "wooing" strangers in church and groping his wife's maid have left me stunned and sick.
The necrophilia thing I can't help but think about Scrofula and the mystical divinity they prescribed to royals. Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like that, + kissing Saint's "relics" + misogyny makes his behaviour gross by our standards but normal by theirs.
Great video (as always!) but I got slightly stuck on an unimportant detail, and I'm hoping someone here has the answer. In the print of Charles I's execution, the date says 1649. Is that old style? Because everyone knows Charles died in 1649, but.. shouldn't it be 1650 to us? Since it was in January? Or am I confused? I've been thinking about this so hard now that nothing makes sense anymore!
This is so interesting. I had only heard about Pepys diary because he wrote about the Plague and Great Fire. Not any of the fascinating things you pointed out.
Can you look into the stone family in england? I have traced my family back to masons that were stone's, brothers that made a huge house or something that still stands and is a museum of some kind but thats as far as ive gotten and im very curious if i could learn absolutely anything about it..not very interesting im sure just wondering..thanks
Pepys The plague. His brother the Taylor dies any idea where I might find this please
Samuel Pepys creepin' on the ladies. As another UA-cam voice has said, the past was the worst.
"This is gross, so I have to share it with you" is such a human thing, lol
I've been pronouncing this man's name wrong all my life
That’s proof that you learnt about him totally independently by reading about him - to my mind that’s a sign of personal qualities to be truly proud of 🌟
@@ReadingthePast 🥲💜
HaHa! Me too and Knollys also. In my mind when I read it, it’s phonetic.
Same!
I went to do a Degree as a mature student and got caught out by both Descartes and Yeats...!
Do we know the speech he made in the House for hours, that he tells us was the finest that some of his peers had ever heard, and impressed the Duke of York.
@26:30 oh cack!! I know why you wanted to share that Dr Kat? Misery loves company after all! But was this a common behaviour, do you know?
Never miss a chance to bring up Mary and her cusband 🤣💀