Puritans (The Killjoys of History)

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  • The Puritans were a group behind the religious ideology known as “Puritanism”, a type of early modern Reformed Protestantism that was born within the Church of England. They started as a movement for religious reform in the late-16th century and lasted until the late-17th century in England and around the 1730s in North America.
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    Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
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    Sincerely grateful to Dr. Graeme Murdock for looking over an earlier draft of the script.
    Bibliography:
    Bremer, Francis J. Puritanism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2009.
    Coffey, John, and Paul C. H. Lim, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Puritanism. Cambridge Companions to Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
    Daniels, R. Balfour. “Shakespeare and the Puritans” The Shakespeare Association Bulletin 13, no. 1 (1938): 40-53.
    Pederson, Randall J. Unity in Diversity: English Puritans and the Puritan Reformation, 1603-1689. BRILL, 2014.
    Shepard, Paul and C. L. Rawlins. “The Puritans.” In Nature and Madness, 75-92. University of Georgia Press, 1982.

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  • @CaptainBardiel
    @CaptainBardiel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2823

    "The Puritans, our ancestors. People so uptight, the English kicked them out."
    - Robin Williams, Live on Broadway

    • @flamingcroatan3739
      @flamingcroatan3739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      True

    • @minhducnguyen9276
      @minhducnguyen9276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      it's rainy and cold there you don't need some more puritan to ruin the day

    • @WT.....
      @WT..... 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The English didn't kick them out. instead, they did everyone a favour and kicked out their own uptight 'Karen' arses.

    • @thewildcardperson
      @thewildcardperson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@jakobinobles3263 it's all about government and how much of it you want conservative by definition want less change government changes things by taking away freedom

    • @fastestdino2
      @fastestdino2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      if only we could do this with twitter users.

  • @fluttzkrieg4392
    @fluttzkrieg4392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1531

    The Amish: "We are the strictest Christians on God's Earth."
    Puritans: "That's cute."

    • @siddharthtripathi5806
      @siddharthtripathi5806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Christians in East Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

    • @thepagecollective
      @thepagecollective 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Modern Feminists: Hey, Puritans, we like everything but the God part.

    • @siddharthtripathi5806
      @siddharthtripathi5806 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@thepagecollective What did you find similar between modern feminists and Colonial American Puritans?

    • @Willy4206.
      @Willy4206. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@siddharthtripathi5806 killjoys

    • @khaledaldekaer8459
      @khaledaldekaer8459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@siddharthtripathi5806 no Christian today comes close to puritans may waahabism are most closely to puritans

  • @edgarbanuelos6472
    @edgarbanuelos6472 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2324

    I'm surprised how it was never mentioned that Puritans actually had an incredibly rebellious youth culture. I'm talking Woodstock 1969 levels of rebellion

    • @braziliankaiser8304
      @braziliankaiser8304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Could you elaborate on it? I’m interested in that matter.

    • @waterhotter9668
      @waterhotter9668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      @@JohnnyWindmill it was obviously a grabber

    • @danieldeak9141
      @danieldeak9141 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I mean yea
      It makes sense

    • @SiiriCressey
      @SiiriCressey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Do you have sources to share?

    • @edgarbanuelos6472
      @edgarbanuelos6472 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@SiiriCressey I read an article about it back in the early 2010s, so I can't recall the exact site.

  • @iammelon7803
    @iammelon7803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Apparently the puritans missed the part of the Bible where God allowed the Israelites to use music in worship.

    • @xhagast
      @xhagast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      And Jesus at the wedding in Cannan.

    • @caseygrow5951
      @caseygrow5951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The Regulative Principle of Worship focuses on the New Testament concept of worship due to the belief that the worship under the Old Covenant was fulfilled in Christ therefore the worship under the New Covenant would be different.
      The Normative v Regulative debate is interesting and this point hopefully can clarify the points they were making.

    • @MrSophire
      @MrSophire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      As a Catholic, it was drilled in our heads. Life is full of fasting and feasting. You must fast (prayer, giving up foods you like or things such as TH-cam and music,) then you feast. For example before Christmas we fast during Advent, before Easter we fast during lent. Some us do mini fast during the week but never on Sunday because it is a time of celebration and rest.

    • @lysevensolaris7025
      @lysevensolaris7025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@MrSophire Half the catholic mass is literally about singing to God lol

    • @MrSophire
      @MrSophire 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@lysevensolaris7025 so true

  • @edwardhardwick2180
    @edwardhardwick2180 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1552

    Puritanism has been (rather aptly) defined as the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be having a good time.

    • @catdust
      @catdust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      how dare they have fun

    • @JohnE9999
      @JohnE9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Kinda like Wokeness.

    • @cloudynguyen6527
      @cloudynguyen6527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      They seem to fit the meme "omg stop having fun"

    • @DAsrada
      @DAsrada 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      And you can still see that in Evangelical churches today and their screeching about Satanic music videos, Pokemon, books and movies.

    • @piccalillipit9211
      @piccalillipit9211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      BRILLIANT

  • @cmdrflake
    @cmdrflake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2628

    Henry VIII basically created this mess so he could marry a woman that could bear a male heir to his throne.

    • @asahelnettleton9044
      @asahelnettleton9044 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And thank God that he did.

    • @nightmaretrooper5064
      @nightmaretrooper5064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Everytime when a parent ask for a son or daughter? The opposite happens all the time.
      Everytime I hear a dad ask for a son? They ended up having a daughter. Samethine goes to a mother when they ask for a daughter? Well you get the point.

    • @rowanmelton7643
      @rowanmelton7643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *Bear a male heir on the first pregnancy.

    • @tequalssquareplushell5358
      @tequalssquareplushell5358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @АIeха Rivera Shorts 🅥
      No one asked

    • @cuchulain1647
      @cuchulain1647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      How many people died in the Wars of the Roses!?!??
      If Henry the 8th hadn’t tried to provide a male heir, it would have led to a civil war, in any case, him needing to nut in a fertile field basically led to one of Englands most Golden periods and One of Englands most amazing Queens!!!
      Good Queen Bess!!!!

  • @michelleanderson245
    @michelleanderson245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Fun fact: the puritans didn't first go to NE, they actually went and stayed with the Dutch, but they hated how un-puritain like they were

    • @georgeprchal3924
      @georgeprchal3924 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, when you're so intolerant that both the heavily protestant Dutch and English kick you out.

    • @Windwalker88
      @Windwalker88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      As a dutchman, i love how unpuritain we are

    • @anothervu
      @anothervu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Those were the Separatists or Brownists Puritans, who were run out of England by both the Bishops and other Puritans, because they practiced congregational church governance, and settled Plymouth. The other Puritans followed and settled Boston, especially after the English Civil war made them less than welcomed.

    • @unclejoeoakland
      @unclejoeoakland ปีที่แล้ว +13

      So what you're saying is, puritans are such awful killjoys that even Calvinists would kick them out.

    • @machovalkarie7896
      @machovalkarie7896 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@unclejoeoaklandlmao 😂😂

  • @demonicangel31
    @demonicangel31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    The "Blackadder" reference at the end was perfect!

    • @timetochronicle
      @timetochronicle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WICKED CHILD

    • @leesummers4425
      @leesummers4425 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Should’ve had a turnip in the shape of a “thingy” on the table 🤣🤣

    • @Jack-Hands
      @Jack-Hands 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Did you miss the Thumbnail.

    • @Jack-Hands
      @Jack-Hands 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@leesummers4425 better than a "thingy" shaped like a turnip.

    • @Asahamana
      @Asahamana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was starting to get worried that I was The only who got it 😄

  • @Redatcarndal
    @Redatcarndal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    Man simple history never fails to educate us on lots of history events through animation. Great job man you’ve never fail to amaze me with these story’s and animation’s and also the fact that despite the ways TH-cam tries to screw you over you still keep moving forward which I commend simple history is that no matter what bs TH-cam does to them they keep going and moving forward.

    • @Brunch65
      @Brunch65 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @no face no case Your Face Don't Educate your Self

    • @eb_tigers0775
      @eb_tigers0775 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      m.th-cam.com/video/uZdv-TtiMkg/w-d-xo.html

    • @iLoveBigKnockers
      @iLoveBigKnockers ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It never fails to amaze me how many times someone can say "it never fails to amaze me" in a single paragraph.

  • @RySL66
    @RySL66 2 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    "He took pleasure in being called a Puritan, believing he would eventually be thought of as better than other men for his reading of the scriptures"

    • @Felix-wi7nb
      @Felix-wi7nb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Isn't pride a mortal sin or how does this work

    • @qqqsfdf1232
      @qqqsfdf1232 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Sounds about right.

    • @sneakysnake2330
      @sneakysnake2330 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@Felix-wi7nb pride is one of the cardinal sins, yes, and can be a cause for mortal sin.

    • @genghiskhan6809
      @genghiskhan6809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Sounds pretty sinful and hypocritical if you ask me.

    • @dante_0962
      @dante_0962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Jesus earned his Godhood by helping people even it caused he’s death which made him good. That man read a book and thought that made him greater.

  • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
    @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    Puritans: "If we can't have fun, no one can!"

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      04:54
      And some of their ladies were named Humiliation. What's that for a first name??

    • @fishingmasterstudios9481
      @fishingmasterstudios9481 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      histories Biggest group of Fanatics

    • @Michael-590
      @Michael-590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@Briselance If that really was an actual female name, then I just discovered a worse name then Gertrude.

    • @Nolaris3
      @Nolaris3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Briselance It's not even the worst one, the names can get even wackier like Repentance, Be Faithful, Silence, Kill Sin, etc. One man was named If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-for-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned (a.k.a. Nicholas Barebone)

    • @RexoryByzaboo
      @RexoryByzaboo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Nolaris3 Oof, that's a long one.

  • @vivelenapoleon1927
    @vivelenapoleon1927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +824

    Its incredible how simple history always finds a good historical thing to talk about even after all that years

    • @domyazbek2323
      @domyazbek2323 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes you are correct

    • @jamesearljones7382
      @jamesearljones7382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Well history is kinda long if you didn’t know. How did you really feel like he would run out of subjects?

    • @vivelenapoleon1927
      @vivelenapoleon1927 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jamesearljones7382 idk man, talking about history almost every week or more for like two years, it becomes kind of hard to find new subjects

    • @lekkerfruit2208
      @lekkerfruit2208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      because history dont end

    • @mertsoup9113
      @mertsoup9113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      theres a lot of history to talk about

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 2 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    They declared war on fun. After their first crusade failed, though, they had to switch tactics. They changed their names to “gym teachers”.

    • @bearboy879
      @bearboy879 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      No, they changed their names to liberals.

    • @williamcampbell6794
      @williamcampbell6794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@bearboy879 Lol yes

    • @williamcampbell6794
      @williamcampbell6794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      More like math teachers

    • @bearboy879
      @bearboy879 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The Philosoraptor My point is liberals cry and scream about everything just like puritans. Just like puritins they get offended and need to go to their cry corner anytime someone does somthing they find offensive

    • @NotFckingBen
      @NotFckingBen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@bearboy879 that and “Progressives”

  • @WhydoIneedahandle1111
    @WhydoIneedahandle1111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Medieval Karens be like:
    “How dare you be happy! I demand to speak with your priest!”

    • @kylejacobson9587
      @kylejacobson9587 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The Puritans were anti priests.

  • @joshscott5213
    @joshscott5213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    My ancestors was a apart of a branch of a powerful scottish clan but we broke away to become puritans so didnt have the clans protection when puritans were prosecuted so we were banished to the America but we still carry the clan name to this day

  • @TheEagleWithNoName
    @TheEagleWithNoName 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    And they are still Killjoys now on twitter.

    • @MagnumLoadedTractor
      @MagnumLoadedTractor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Just not religious

    • @Darksnowman1
      @Darksnowman1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MagnumLoadedTractor Nah, leftist have become so fervent and dogmatic about their talking points and ideology that they've practically become religious.

    • @FunnyStripes
      @FunnyStripes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MagnumLoadedTractor Arguably, Wokeism has come to a point that it is basically a cult by now.
      They do have all the hallmarks of a religion, after all. They have "original sins" (aka, if you are born white, male, hetero, etc., then you are automatically considered unredeemably evil, no matter what), they have "holy figures" (see Fentanyl Floyd for instance), they have "holy preachers" (all of the worst of the virtue signallers), they have "holy rites" and "holy chants", they have "holy symbols" to recognise their own (whether it's pride flags or pronouns in the bio), and they have specific sets of made up beliefs which take priority over reality and fact, and that must be followed and believed without questions in a faith-like system (contradicting them or starting to either doubt or think for yourself making you a "blasphemous miscreant" to their eyes and resulting in you being persecuted).

    • @gonzalogutierrez510
      @gonzalogutierrez510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@MagnumLoadedTractor one could argue it does appear to be a deityless religion 🧐

    • @riks081
      @riks081 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@gonzalogutierrez510 The church of woke.

  • @Dsdcain
    @Dsdcain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +963

    Growing up in a famous American town, there is pretty much nothing I didn't learn about Puritans. So I wholeheartedly agree with this video's title and subject matter. 🤣

    • @kb4903
      @kb4903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Salem?

    • @Dsdcain
      @Dsdcain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@kb4903 More Southerly. Think a famous rock. 😎

    • @colbybarnett417
      @colbybarnett417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Plymouth

    • @МіиіслірФаи
      @МіиіслірФаи 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @АIeха Rivera Shorts 🅥 Stop bruh

    • @Dsdcain
      @Dsdcain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@colbybarnett417 Kinda long ago now. Middle school and high school there. I graduated in 87. We did learn lots about Puritans though.🤣

  • @trevorslinkard31
    @trevorslinkard31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    This is the first time in a Simple History video that had a voice actor that spoke actual dialogue. History has been made.

  • @haxor7372
    @haxor7372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    When I think of Puritans, the Salem witch trials come to mind; goes to show how badly one’s beliefs can be a recipe for catastrophe

    • @georgeprchal3924
      @georgeprchal3924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Actually pretty tame compared to other witch trials of the time, only 22 people died and they apologized the following year.

    • @bmetalfish3928
      @bmetalfish3928 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      salem appears to be more of a secular extortion attempt by local administration and land lords, people who confessed to being witches not being killed, but fined substantially.

    • @M4x_P0w3r
      @M4x_P0w3r 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@georgeprchal3924 Yup, but remember the case of Giles Corey, who was crushed by rocks for refusing to enter a plea. Not instantaneously, but rather slowly tortured for two days in order to coerce him to admit it, which he refused until he couldn't handle the weights anymore. The reason why he refused to do so? His state would have been taken away from his family after his death. Not that it stopped the sheriff from extorting the money out of his daughter.
      So yeah, it might not have been as brutal as others, but make no mistake, it was still horrible and inhuman.

    • @georgeprchal3924
      @georgeprchal3924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@M4x_P0w3r "more weight" indeed.

    • @oceanberserker
      @oceanberserker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@georgeprchal3924 If you mean in terms of scale, then yes. In every other aspect, it was no less brutal than what went on in Europe.

  • @BuckBlaziken
    @BuckBlaziken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    If puritans saw what became of the 13 original colonies culture and practices today, they would have literal brain aneurysms.

    • @Spongebrain97
      @Spongebrain97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      They would've thought that by the time of the American revolution because of the diversity of Protestant sects and the founding fathers choosing not to make the US a theocracy

    • @xhagast
      @xhagast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Heh, they had an inkling. They had barely arrived to America when breakaway groups spread all over. That is why you got 13 colonies. People disagreed with them in this and that and moved out to found their own colony.

    • @jamjardj1974
      @jamjardj1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Good.

    • @DawnKing
      @DawnKing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wait till they realize slavery was abolished.

    • @warthunder9155
      @warthunder9155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@DawnKing puritans didn't care about slavery, to them the most important thing was saving the slave's soul, not his body.

  • @huntclanhunt9697
    @huntclanhunt9697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Puritans were the first group of people in history to ban slavery. The Plymouth Colony actually arrested a ship in the 1600s that arrived to sell slaves. They let them go when they pled ignorance of the law against "Manstealing" but were forced to hand over the slaves. The colony then raised the money to hire a ship to take the newly freed folk wherever they wanted to go. A few decided to stay in Plymouth.
    This would have been in the 1650s I think?

    • @marcorizzoni9766
      @marcorizzoni9766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      They were far from being the first group of people in history against slavery and that didn’t practiced it. You could find religious groups and heresies that refused the concept of slavery for nearly all the middle age, and small countries that just didn’t practiced it could be found since the ancient time. For example, slavery was never practiced in San Marino, that exists as a city-state since the 1300.

    • @oceanberserker
      @oceanberserker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@marcorizzoni9766 True. But let's not deny the Devil (ironic) his due in this particular instance. The dipshits had to have gotten SOMETHING right through their history.

    • @Prich319
      @Prich319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tell that to Reverend Paris.

    • @huntclanhunt9697
      @huntclanhunt9697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@marcorizzoni9766 San Marino also never had a law against it into the 1800s. They just didn't have access to the slave trade.
      There were groups against Slavery, true. But Plymouth is one of the first ever to outright ban it.

    • @marcorizzoni9766
      @marcorizzoni9766 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@huntclanhunt9697
      Didn’t have an explicit law against it because it was never practiced in the first place, and there were no law to ALLOW it in the first place. Even if they technically could access to the importation of slaves thanks to the merchants, just…costly, very costly, and such it would have been unconvenient, and never decided to enter in it. Still, it HAS been a safe haven for the occasional fugitive slave for the simple reason that legally they wouldn’t be recognised as slaves there. It was a legally muddly situation, but a legally muddly situation that in general would end in favour of the slaves.

  • @arober9758
    @arober9758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Very good job fellows!! Congratulations.
    I'm surprised how it was never mentioned that Puritans actually had an incredibly rebellious youth culture.

  • @omarmatouq3855
    @omarmatouq3855 2 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    I would love to see a video about the Black September war, as it is such an obscure event in modern middle eastern history that is overshadowed by bigger wars like operation Desert Storm.

    • @TheTrueAdept
      @TheTrueAdept 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean the one time that the Palestinians _tried to overthrow_ the Jordianian monarchy because said monarchy would _not_ wage another disastrous war against Israel?
      ... that would be outright stated to be anti-Palestinian propaganda.

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    John Wayne: "Howdy, Pilgrim"
    Dude in Funny Hat: "That's PURITAN to you!"

    • @georgeprchal3924
      @georgeprchal3924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Wayne: So anyway I started blasting!

    • @ManDuderGuy
      @ManDuderGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Happy Thanksgiving pilgrims"
      -John Wayne

    • @toffitagufa8777
      @toffitagufa8777 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Puritan: Also how dare you say howdy in a happy manner.

  • @FunnyStripes
    @FunnyStripes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    "History does not repeat itself, but if often rhymes"

    • @juan-ij1le
      @juan-ij1le 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How

    • @oceanberserker
      @oceanberserker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same difference.

    • @ohdahngboi_2237
      @ohdahngboi_2237 17 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@juan-ij1le woke leftists are the modern puritans

  • @DaFoozy
    @DaFoozy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    For those who maybe didn't get the reference, the final picture is a scene from Blackadder season 2 which is a hilarious comedy starring Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean) and Hugh Laurie (Dr House) for the most famous of them. They find their marks in the first season but they really get funnier as the seasons go by. I really recommend.

    • @iamaleftist3834
      @iamaleftist3834 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Cold is God's way of telling us to burn more Catholics!!!"
      - Lady Whiteadder

    • @TankGun90
      @TankGun90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got it instantly as well and had to go watch that again 😂

    • @carlosajames
      @carlosajames 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I recognize it as well.

  • @BriGuyIL1980
    @BriGuyIL1980 2 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    The Black Adder reference in the thumbnail. You guys are awesome.

    • @britlaker
      @britlaker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lady Whiteadder, come to talk about Blackadders inheritance.

    • @a_random_orthodox_Christian
      @a_random_orthodox_Christian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It made my day

    • @Briselance
      @Briselance 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Notice how, in the thumbnail picture, one of the puritans has purple hair.

    • @timthewarlord2304
      @timthewarlord2304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love it

  • @alextucker5819
    @alextucker5819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I loved the Blackadder reference at the end. That was an extremely nice touch.

  • @Kevc00
    @Kevc00 2 ปีที่แล้ว +178

    Puritans, the Karen's of early modern Europe, went to see the manager (King of England), didn't get what they wanted so went to the CEO (God) and got him replaced.

    • @georgeprchal3924
      @georgeprchal3924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      After granting him, The King, authority over all religious matters.

    • @nicolestimothy9921
      @nicolestimothy9921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats is so related to the world today.

    • @ultravioletpisces3666
      @ultravioletpisces3666 ปีที่แล้ว

      They called corporate

    • @brianrich7828
      @brianrich7828 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cromwell was a Puritan. And he was an absolute unit of a military tactician and soldier/General.

  • @maxxor-overworldhero6730
    @maxxor-overworldhero6730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    The worst part is that the Puritans are actually still around. You just won't catch them dead in a Church nowadays.

    • @osamabindiesel3389
      @osamabindiesel3389 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I really do believe this is why America is insanely super religious till this day. Puritans were basically the Jesus freaks of the 1700s.

    • @maxxor-overworldhero6730
      @maxxor-overworldhero6730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@osamabindiesel3389 I think my comment r/wooosh'd over your head.

    • @zoompt-lm5xw
      @zoompt-lm5xw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's not a coincidence that both Puritans and warriors of a certain social understanding of justice blossomed in the US

    • @maxxor-overworldhero6730
      @maxxor-overworldhero6730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zoompt-lm5xw Though both also didn't originate from the US.

    • @Gary_The_Metro
      @Gary_The_Metro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tf you mean lol, they're the biggest churchgoers there are.
      The biggest whiney bastards you yanks have is those conservative christian moms.

  • @Dabed1208
    @Dabed1208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Bruh you teach me more than my $4000 a year private school
    Thank you so much
    Youre the reason i passed, i use these videos to study

    • @cs-mi8ur
      @cs-mi8ur 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      where is private school that cheap

    • @lorrtyler
      @lorrtyler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@cs-mi8ur bro prolly left out a zero lol

    • @rumrich
      @rumrich 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds like you are getting ripped off man.

    • @marcuspoosz2190
      @marcuspoosz2190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yeah i wouldnt waste 4 grand on a stupid private school when public schools usually are way better where i live.

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@marcuspoosz2190... and a Library Card is free.

  • @007Davis
    @007Davis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    tip top video and splendid Blackadder reference at the end.

  • @commietearsdrinker
    @commietearsdrinker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The thumbnail is literally the soyjak/chad meme but mirrored. Amazingly fitting.

  • @tomlubas1512
    @tomlubas1512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    A puritan is someone who is haunted by the fear that someone, somewhere might be happy.

    • @Jay-pj1vg
      @Jay-pj1vg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A puritan is someone who doesn't want people to be mislead by the false doctrine of the pagan catholic church

    • @richardsawyer5428
      @richardsawyer5428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Wicked child!" 🤣

    • @shawnmichaud4013
      @shawnmichaud4013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sounds like modern republicans

    • @blockmasterscott
      @blockmasterscott 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's actually a very accurate description.

    • @ryan.1990
      @ryan.1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shawnmichaud4013 Sounds much more like Democrats and their screeching/rioting/protesting

  • @WT.....
    @WT..... 2 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Should've mentioned that it's a common misconception that the "Pilgrims & Puritans moved to the Americas to escape religious persecution", as there was NO such persecution at the time. While I know the 2 are different, it's still best to put it out there. The Pilgrims were "English Puritans who found a nice isolated place to settle in the Netherlands", but wanted to remain English (saw the Dutch as being like an inferior species) and hated their children growing up to see themselves as Dutch, hence why they left. The Puritans on the other hand left Europe because they saw everyone who didn't think like them (the majority) as inferior and hated it (that's an oversimplification of things). Overall, they were the 'Karens' of history before it became a thing.

    • @alessandragangemi9611
      @alessandragangemi9611 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      So you are telling me that puritans felt prosecuted because people disagreed with what they said and loathed the people that didn't share their radical opinion, viewing them as inferior? Damn, sure would be a shame if history repeated itself...

    • @jacekuntz5195
      @jacekuntz5195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This is false. Puritan pastors (non-conformists) were regularly imprisoned. John Bunyan, a famous Puritan pastor, was imprisoned for a total of 12 years. John Flavel became a pastor at a church after its previous pastor died in prison. Puritans were absolutely persecuted.

    • @oceanberserker
      @oceanberserker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jacekuntz5195 Gee. I wonder why THAT could ever be, he said witheringly sarcastically.

    • @jacekuntz5195
      @jacekuntz5195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@oceanberserker why they were imprisoned? They were imprisoned because they did not conform to the state religion of the British Empire (Anglicanism). Scottish Presbyterians who did the same suffered an even worse fate. Many were killed or sold into slavery. Read about the Covenanters and the "Killing Times".

  • @Thomas-rl9xd
    @Thomas-rl9xd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Please do a video on the battle of Delville wood. As a South African it would be truly amazing to see our troops remembered on this channel.
    Thank you..

    • @drysoup3017
      @drysoup3017 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's it like in Africa?

    • @kaiza9184
      @kaiza9184 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Don't read profile photo I just did 😐🥸

    • @mattyallen3396
      @mattyallen3396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your still there?

    • @Zero59663
      @Zero59663 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@drysoup3017 I’d guess it’s hot

  • @frankjrmuchnok2647
    @frankjrmuchnok2647 2 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    It just shows why separation of church and state is so important. Everyone should be allowed their personal beliefs without harassment.

    • @ColinTherac117
      @ColinTherac117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      My problem with the idea of separation of church and state is that it is merely a band-aid approach in response to the horrific religious violence that the previous century or two had seen in Europe. And I say that because all it does is try to ignore the fact that most religions are fervently incompatible with each other, and in order for them to get along they must actively subjugate parts of their religious beliefs to the secular state. And this idea is entirely unacceptable to most religions to the point that they claim eternal suffering as a consequence.
      To show this logic chain. Say that your religion claims that doing thing X results in a person having eternal suffering. If you as a caring person do not stop your neighbor from doing thing X, you are failing to show love for your neighbor which in turn may result in your own eternal suffering.
      Plus since democracy is a government that creates laws to be a reflection of the will of the people, if the people are highly religious then the government will enact laws that reflect those religious values anyway since those are the values of the people.

    • @warpartyattheoutpost4987
      @warpartyattheoutpost4987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Antifa doesn't think anyone should be allowed their own personal beliefs... which makes them seem kinda... I dunno... fascist?

    • @hussitewagoner6838
      @hussitewagoner6838 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Colin Theriac
      Separation of church and state is not designed to eliminate a individual worshipping in public or doing so serving as a public official, it is designed to eliminate the possibility of a state enforced religion .
      The US was one of the first if not first to ensure religious freedom in this manner.
      In short, separation of church and state is designed to be a restriction on government not a citizen .

    • @Zephur0s
      @Zephur0s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@warpartyattheoutpost4987 what makes you say that 🤔

    • @ΚωνσταντίνοςΠαπαναστασίου-υ8σ
  • @kbrock9146
    @kbrock9146 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Welcome back! I hope you had a nice rest during your break. And to the fill in narrator.... you did great! Thanks for filling in.

  • @donaldtrumpgaming7668
    @donaldtrumpgaming7668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Should also be noted that beyond it being sinful, the Puritans also saw theatre as a foreign thing from the continent incompatible with English culture.

  • @WolfingtonStanley
    @WolfingtonStanley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Love the Blackadder reference at the end

  • @Records_Old
    @Records_Old 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is basically explaining what TH-cam is turning into; it is because since Susan became CEO that it became more stricter about certain types of content this website was built on freedom, and now it's becoming a much worse type of website.

  • @wolvekrome2475
    @wolvekrome2475 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Many years later puritans came back rebranded as evangelicals

    • @eldridgedavis
      @eldridgedavis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yep

    • @ryan.1990
      @ryan.1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And now re-rebranded as SJWs

  • @dynamitedoggo4200
    @dynamitedoggo4200 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Basically the historical Twitter users who would bullied artists into deleting their art, because the female fictional character's boobs were big.

    • @UnisRapper
      @UnisRapper ปีที่แล้ว +2

      history never changes

  • @richardsawyer5428
    @richardsawyer5428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Excellent reference to the Blackadder episode "Beer" at the end. No turnip that looks likes a thingy though. 🤣

  • @craigape
    @craigape 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The way they kept keeling over and rapidly fading away really got me.

  • @curraheewolf
    @curraheewolf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Another awesome video! Keep them coming!

    • @Machoman50ta
      @Machoman50ta 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I swear if I had a dollar for every time I saw some anti Christian propaganda I would have 500k already y’all are trash so is this dead channel pagan ahh

  • @murphyslaw_1776
    @murphyslaw_1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Idk man burning witches at the stake sounds pretty fun to me ngl.

    • @NotFckingBen
      @NotFckingBen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same, we should bring that back ain’t even joking

    • @murphyslaw_1776
      @murphyslaw_1776 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NotFckingBen based

    • @CMGThePerson
      @CMGThePerson 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NotFckingBen Come to Britain. Every 5th of November we burn wood to the stake. Same thing with less murder
      Though, there is the probability you’re a murderer

  • @freedomstar3930
    @freedomstar3930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The Puritans were just a massive army of hypocrites.

    • @oleyullah
      @oleyullah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As the other types of puritans are nowadays. Clearly, some things about a human nature do not change over the time.

    • @eldridgedavis
      @eldridgedavis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's always the case with the religious isn't it?

    • @ComradeCorvus
      @ComradeCorvus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@oleyullah i really do think that this topic was chosen because of the state of things right now.

  • @Twiska
    @Twiska 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love the ending with Blackadder sitting down with the Whiteadders.

  • @richardgonzalez6409
    @richardgonzalez6409 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just love the Blackadder reference at the end. Great video

  • @schrodingersgat4344
    @schrodingersgat4344 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    "The stuck up, dressed in black hypocrite was the stereotype.."
    Glad those folks aren't running around loose anymore.
    [Looks at the West Coast of the US in mocking disdain.]

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ???

    • @schrodingersgat4344
      @schrodingersgat4344 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@0816M3RC Place is crawling with people that fit. They just have a different name. Same witch burning level of intolerance and vitriol.

    • @nope6908
      @nope6908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you referring to the Karens, SJWs, and snowflakes?

    • @brianrich7828
      @brianrich7828 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They lived what they preached 100%. And produced some of the greatest theological works of all time. And you can thank them for the concept of “Freedom of Religion”. They walked the walk. Something you’ll never accomplish. Ever, nobody will remember your name.

    • @brianrich7828
      @brianrich7828 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They lived what they preached 100%. And produced some of the greatest theological works of all time. And you can thank them for the concept of “Freedom of Religion”. They walked the walk. Something you’ll never accomplish. Ever, nobody will remember your name.

  • @abasiaduudoyen2714
    @abasiaduudoyen2714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    This is the kind of person i would like as my history teacher ❤️

  • @MilBen24
    @MilBen24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the chad / wojak thumbnail so much.

  • @kilotun8316
    @kilotun8316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Loved the Blackadder reference. Ah, also nice to know some of the history behind the brand of soup.

  • @Mimu1983
    @Mimu1983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    As someone from the Reformed Church (a Presbyterian), I appreciate your efforts to be objective, history-oriented, and neutral - the issue is somewhat volatile, since it is true that some of the Puritans were... nuts. I sense (understandably) some hostilities from the comment section. Thank you for treading the thin ice carefully.
    Perhaps you should have covered Johnathan Edward as well - though technically he was not a Puritan (he is an 18th Century man) his theology stems from the traditional Reformed Theology and Puritanism. Johnathan Edwards would have been the best man to illustrate 'what became of the Puritans'.

    • @tn-family
      @tn-family 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Agreed. This video lacked some historical context and intellectual rigor, imho

    • @Mimu1983
      @Mimu1983 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@tn-family I understand what you mean - then again, I understand Simple History's position also. We might cover some historical contexts and elaborate on some theological issues which they left out, but if we (or they) do that, it is no longer 'simple'.
      Whereas I personally lament how many churches these days do not teach Church History and some important theological issues, I came to the conclusion that I cannot make anyone understand the theological issues without the grace of God, and without being 'offensive'. Really, speaking about the glory of God, the propitiation work of Jesus Christ, and the Salvation from the wrath of God somehow offends so many people.

    • @tn-family
      @tn-family 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Mimu1983 right, Simple History is condensing a lot into the few minutes there. It's biased though, as we see in the title and the content. Nevertheless, I don't expect them, as a secular channel, to be able to go deep into church history or draw the historical connections to what the Puritan movement influenced. I like that they covered this topic, and it added fresh perspective to my understanding of it. But I wish they were intellectually honest about it instead of biasing it. For instance, they abstained from many fun and entertaining things and were annoying to many people oftentimes for their stances, but that also contributed to more productive society, promoting education among poor classes, women's rights, and advancing all the good things Christianity brings. They were right to rebel against the paganism that plagued roman catholicism leading so many people astray. And it was a huge change in history for the better getting the bible translated. In my opinion, it's true they went too far many times with how much they discouraged fun things especially that were innocent and clean fun. But I think overall, their choice to live more strict and pure lives was amazingly influential on the world. And this video didn't do it justice!

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mimu1983 Theology is a pointless field of study.

    • @0816M3RC
      @0816M3RC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tn-family So you like the Puritans?
      I can't stand uptight religious nutjobs.

  • @pokefan-ix7sh
    @pokefan-ix7sh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant. Puritanism played a significant role in English history, especially during the Protectorate.
    Puritans were dissatisfied with the limited extent of the English Reformation and with the Church of England's toleration of certain practices associated with the Roman Catholic Church. They formed and identified with various religious groups advocating greater purity of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and corporate piety. Puritans adopted a Reformed theology and, in that sense, were Calvinists. In church polity, some advocated separation from all other established Christian denominations in favour of autonomous gathered churches. These Separatist and independent strands of Puritanism became prominent in the 1640s when the supporters of a presbyterian polity in the Westminster Assembly were unable to forge a new English national church.
    By the late 1630s, Puritans were in alliance with the growing commercial world, with the parliamentary opposition to the royal prerogative, and with the Scottish Presbyterians with whom they had much in common. Consequently, they became a major political force in England and came to power due to the First English Civil War. Almost all Puritan clergy left the Church of England after the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 and the 1662 Uniformity Act. Many continued to practice their faith in nonconformist denominations, especially Congregationalist and Presbyterian churches. The nature of the movement in England changed radically, although it retained its character for a much more extended period in New England.
    Puritanism was never a formally defined religious division within Protestantism, and the term Puritan itself was rarely used after the turn of the 18th century. Some Puritan ideals, including the formal rejection of Roman Catholicism, were incorporated into the doctrines of the Church of England; others were absorbed into the many Protestant denominations that emerged in the late 17th and early 18th centuries in North America and Britain. The Congregational churches, widely considered to be a part of the Reformed tradition, are descended from the Puritans. Moreover, Puritan beliefs are enshrined in the Savoy Declaration, the confession of faith held by the Congregationalist churches.

    • @jaif7327
      @jaif7327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thank you

    • @xhagast
      @xhagast 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were spiritual cousins of the Taliban, only without the guns. And given how fast they burned people, they were every bit a vicious. Given as much power as the Catholic Church had there would have been even more burnings. They learned their trade in Germany, France and England, where for DECADES they burned "witches" by the tens of thousands. EACH YEAR.

  • @oddforoddssake3751
    @oddforoddssake3751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love the nod to Blackadder at the end lol

    • @marcastals7886
      @marcastals7886 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was searching anybody else noticing.

  • @scroobboi2254
    @scroobboi2254 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love how in the thumbnail, the puritans are twitter/reddit users wearing in medieval clothing lmao

    • @Prich319
      @Prich319 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty accurate depiction, no?

  • @Supperdude9
    @Supperdude9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The thing is, they're still around.
    Just wearing blue checkmarks on Twitter while flying the flag of social justice.

    • @nope6908
      @nope6908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They got their fragile mentality from their religious parents

    • @biteme9486
      @biteme9486 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok, so what should be done about injustice instead?

  • @BeatMessiah
    @BeatMessiah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    As a Mayflower descendant, I approve of this video.

  • @kyloooooo
    @kyloooooo ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Imagine missing out on beautiful writings by mature godly men such as John Bunyan, Thomas Watson, John Flavel, Mathew Henry and the like because you believe this slander. Were the puritans perfect? Of course not (neither are you). Were they just kill joys who tried to ruin everything fun? No way. Try reading some of their literature to see how passionate they were, how high they held brotherly love, and most of all, how much they sought God.

  • @naranara1690
    @naranara1690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Imagine becoming so puritanical you tear pages from the Bible like Marylin Manson

  • @F0reman371
    @F0reman371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    And now we have modern puritans on Twitter, curating what opinions we can and cannot have. History does indeed rhyme.

  • @LairNobleza
    @LairNobleza 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'm not a catholic but I can see now why the catholic church wants the scripture to remain in latin

    • @ryan.1990
      @ryan.1990 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly, all sorts of idiots take their own spin on scripture and start crazy cults

    • @j.k.6865
      @j.k.6865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Fun fact, they actually didn't. Non-Latin Catholic bibles were already there before the protestants. They were just not that famous because Latin was more formal back then.

    • @Reactionary_Harkonnen
      @Reactionary_Harkonnen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@j.k.6865 true!

    • @Reactionary_Harkonnen
      @Reactionary_Harkonnen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The other reason why so many bibles in such were in Latin is because the more you translate something the further away the meaning of those words or context of the paragraph gets.
      Latin is officially a dead language (although technically not truly dead), so when you have a Bible or manuscripts and such written in latin, hebrew, Gothic, and such the context and the meaning of the words are left intact without confusion.
      Here's one example I can think of: imagine saying "what's up" as a synonym to hello to in different languages; people from different cultures will be a little confused by that.

    • @richlopez5896
      @richlopez5896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Catholic Church has always had Bibles in numerous languages.It was just in Latin in Western Europe because that was the language of the educated.The Catholic Church had scripture in English before the C of E did too.In the East the Catholic Bibles were in Koine Greek,Coptic,Ge'ez,Aramaic,etc...

  • @edgregory1
    @edgregory1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Their feuds with the Quakers largely influenced the map of New England. Pennslyvania is called "The Quaker State."

  • @itsleo6166
    @itsleo6166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I see that purple hair in the thumbnail, hopefully we'll all be free of the insanity soon brothers

  • @krealyesitisbeta5642
    @krealyesitisbeta5642 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Native americans: "Yes, they are indeed killjoys."

  • @genoinjian7729
    @genoinjian7729 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Catholic Church boarding schools destroyed us Native American Indians while missionaries taught us the truth in the Bible. Read are history book taken out of public schools in the 1970s called THE NEZ PERCE INDIANS AND THE OPENING OF THE NORTHWEST. I believe they took are history book out because it tells you us Indians were searching for the creators words which was the Bible

  • @rickwong9049
    @rickwong9049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Henry VIII is like that one recurring character that keeps appearing due to his own messup and then giving the quests to the player to fix it up. 😹

  • @Magnulus76
    @Magnulus76 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The reign of "Blood Mary" is critical in understanding the religious fervor behind Puritanism. Puritans saw themselves as a persecuted remnant, following the early Church, as given in such book's as Fox's Book of Martyrs. They saw the North American colonies as a place to establish their own way of life, free from a state church that was ambivalent about the legacy of the Protestant Reformation, and which the Puritans saw more as a tool of statecraft than biblical sanctification.

  • @NillTest
    @NillTest 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fun fact: there are some of these in my family tree. They aren’t dressed as described, but are really sticklers to this stuff, real killjoys they are. And I was forced to their church in order to go to a party of theirs that wasn’t even that good, food sucked, little A/C that kept the place hot, small room, overcrowded, and lasted till somewhere round 3 or 4.

  • @filippotomasino6251
    @filippotomasino6251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So the first cancel culture came from the right

    • @DarkZerol
      @DarkZerol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right-wing groups were indeed the very first group to cancel anyone especially those who do not conform to their belief. In fact religious groups like the Church banned and burned books numerous times especially those from people of science because such thing go against the teaching of the Church and as a means to keep their followers ignorant.

  • @echoman4202
    @echoman4202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very good video. Educational

  • @someguy9293
    @someguy9293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If Karen was a Christian she would either be a Jehovah's witness or a Puritan.

  • @compatriot852
    @compatriot852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Puritans and other early protestants were essentially the historical Karens of their time

  • @RyomaHoshi22
    @RyomaHoshi22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Ironically enough we're learning about the puritans

  • @mroutcast4582
    @mroutcast4582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is history class but you choose what to learn about

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Reminds me of growing up in the Bible Belt in the 60s and 70s. Oh, I hated those fanatics.

  • @KappaKiller108
    @KappaKiller108 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In Plymouth Massachusetts there is a Puritan group home, who's roots date back to the original settlers. They run a nice restaurant, with traditionally produced foodstuffs

  • @owenlindkvist5355
    @owenlindkvist5355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Puritans have a striking resemblance in behaviour with a certain type of people today.

  • @herknorth8691
    @herknorth8691 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "Killjoys of History"
    Wokes: "Hold our beer."

  • @Texan8505
    @Texan8505 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    How are you going to be Christian and then ban the holiday that celebrates the birth of Christ?

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ask Christian nationalists how they'll erase emancipation day

    • @seanemery1917
      @seanemery1917 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      A lot of fundies are like that on TH-cam

  • @RyzeShib
    @RyzeShib ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Twitter people, modern puritans.

    • @UnisRapper
      @UnisRapper ปีที่แล้ว

      Basically the historical Twitter users who would bullied artists into deleting their art, because the female fictional character's boobs were big.

  • @013aanikhfds
    @013aanikhfds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a New Englander, Puritans really screwed up this mosquito-ridden corridor of the country

  • @joeysoto8051
    @joeysoto8051 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the Puritans, especially their preachers like Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and John Owen. Simple History, please make a video on the Protestant Reformation, I would love to see a video about it.

    • @NilsWeber-mb5hg
      @NilsWeber-mb5hg ปีที่แล้ว

      1 Corinthians 11:14

    • @MrDemiguro
      @MrDemiguro 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So you the fun ruining monkeys? Got it

  • @cormacmccreary9160
    @cormacmccreary9160 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We can thank Henry VIII for creating Twitter
    Remember kids! You can't spell Twitter without twit!

  • @OriginalGazGoose
    @OriginalGazGoose 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ah... Twitter users before there were any Twitter users.
    I guess as the saying goes: "The more things change, the more they stay the same"

  • @McFingal
    @McFingal 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Yeah, my family is one of those puritans. There has always been preachers in my family.

  • @sobol2463
    @sobol2463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And that’s how „f**k off” sentence was born.

  • @lordofmemes9033
    @lordofmemes9033 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A video about the Dutch East India Company would be nice

  • @jonathanstempleton7864
    @jonathanstempleton7864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    These days we call them Social Justice Warriors.

    • @CMGThePerson
      @CMGThePerson 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah we call ‘em Anti-SJWs. Can’t be gay for 5 seconds without some boring sod calling you a groomer

    • @a_can_of_soda
      @a_can_of_soda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nope. We call them "reactionaries".

    • @eldridgedavis
      @eldridgedavis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You mean evangelicals..

    • @nope6908
      @nope6908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eldridgedavis both

  • @Woodsmoke22
    @Woodsmoke22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Kudos on the Blackadder animations 😛

  • @achilles._.8546
    @achilles._.8546 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Being Catholic with a singular puritan in the family can simply be described as a massive migraine. Believe me, I know

  • @heart04winds19
    @heart04winds19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some people say these people never went away, they just migrated to Twitter and became TH-cam staff

  • @blahblah659
    @blahblah659 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    0:12 Why is Joe Biden the preacher?

  • @mattheww1072
    @mattheww1072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That's literally the world today.
    History repeats itself

    • @WallahianKnighttHorseRider
      @WallahianKnighttHorseRider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It doesn't repeats

    • @WallahianKnighttHorseRider
      @WallahianKnighttHorseRider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @G N I don't understand what you are saying?

    • @surprisedgordon7786
      @surprisedgordon7786 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Well less sightly quieter and less restrictive than before if you know what happened back then and there might be some religious communities that have this type of mindset.

  • @JesusMartinez-rr2ry
    @JesusMartinez-rr2ry 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    And then the Salem Witch trials happened, but that's a different story for another day. But long story short, this created the downfall of the Puritans, leaving behind a cautionary tale on what would happen to a society if it's too strict and zero-tolerant, especially for the sake of religion. Also, religion and state are just like cutting boards. They should be kept separate from each other in order to stop disasters from happening.

  • @alexhb7949
    @alexhb7949 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You tried your best to make the thumbnail characters look like Wojaks didn't you

  • @victoriaman117
    @victoriaman117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I love how at no time did any of these super religious people think, “ maybe I should be helping the less fortunate?” Lol

    • @kriegscommissarmccraw4205
      @kriegscommissarmccraw4205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's because it's default. You don't mention defaults. They were always helping the poor.

    • @youtubestudiosucks978
      @youtubestudiosucks978 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kriegscommissarmccraw4205 even during thr crusades? How about the witchtrails?

    • @kregler
      @kregler 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@youtubestudiosucks978 the Crusades were fought by the Catholics, and the Salem Witch Trials were highly unpopular, even among Puritans. The jury that saw over the trial came out to apologise about ruling the accused guilty

    • @youtubestudiosucks978
      @youtubestudiosucks978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kregler no, they didnt. Medevil people were evil and they accused everybody they didnt like as a withc just so they would die. Humans only survived because our numbers were high enough that a couple of millions of people a year dying didnt do much

    • @kregler
      @kregler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@youtubestudiosucks978 the Puritans didn't exist during the Medieval ages, the ideology existed around near the beginning of the mid-to-late modern era, and saying the people of the Medieval ages were all "evil" is so bloody ridiculous I'm not going to humour that.
      The Jury did come to apologise later along with the governing bodies of Salem and Massachusetts, by signing an address stating: "We do therefore hereby signify to all in general (and to the surviving sufferers in especial) . . . that we were sadly deluded and mistaken, for which we are much disquieted and distressed in our minds; and do therefore humbly beg for forgiveness. . . . We do heartily ask forgiveness from you all, whom we have justly offended, and do declare to our present minds, we would none of us do such things again on such grounds for the whole world, praying you to accept this in satisfaction for our offence, and that you would bless the inheritance of the Lord, that he may be entreated for the land."
      Of the two-hundred people accused of witchcraft at Salem, only a tenth was executed, and Salem was one of the bloodiest trials to occur in Massachusetts.
      It should be noted that for a majority of Puritanism's history, the idea of an "invisible world" was not something up for discussion, most people considered it a fact. King James the VI and I even wrote a whole book on his firm beliefs. This doesn't mean the actions of the Puritans during the Witch-hunts were right, the Witch-hunting craze in Europe had largely died down at the time of the events in Salem.

  • @Sumschmuck
    @Sumschmuck 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fun: exists
    Puritans: Satan!