Keeping Time With The Tudors

[@gingersnap7822]

We asked and the Queen has delivered!! Thank you as always for your intelligent, well thought out, and entertaining content!! 🕰

[@megremisfamily4music]

Thank you, Dr Kat, for such an informative discussion of a topic not generally found in history blogs or books. I especially love anything to do with Hans Holbein.

[@terryroots5023]

The Paston letters would be a real treat. ❤ ⏰️

[@arcola44]

Excellent point about the Memento Mori aspect of why clocks appear in paintings, and in our lives on walls and our own wrists! Great video!⏳🕰

[@alicia.mckenny]

Ah, the satisfaction that comes from getting a follow-up video Dr. Kat asked us if we wanted. 🥰 What a wonderful way to ring in the new year! ⏰️

[@ruthspanos2532]

England became an innovator in clock making when they instituted a prize for a clock that would remain accurate on a sailing ship, since accuracy was so difficult and so necessary for accurately measuring distance when traveling East West. There’s a museum at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich where you can see the winning clock. We had a wonderful time talking to a man who worked there. There’s a book all about it…I think it’s called Longitude.

[@maryloumawson6006]

It's hard to imagine a sundial, however many faces, could be of much use in a country so famous for it's foggy and rainy weather. One would have thought that that fact alone would have incentivized clock makers in England. Just like the navigational problems at sea would incentivize England, as a seafaring nation, to seek a solution to telling time at sea. Great video! ⌚⏱🕰

[@ByronAdams-j7t]

Huguenot clockmakers, yes. Swiss clockmakers? Absolutely fascinating, many thanks!

[@dragonclaws9367]

Thanks Dr Kat! ❤ "I was once as you are now; As I am now, so shall you be."

[@julzy3]

That was fantastic! I was particularly impressed with the bejeweled saltcellar clock & the portable sundials.⏳ I think Weird Al Yankovic may have been onto something in his parody Amish Paradise which features a sundial wristwatch. 😂

[@beabarber4300]

Sundial wrist watches were being sold in Melbourne, Australia in the 1980s. I have one. Accurized for Melbourne's latitude. The gnomon is a small piece of metal mounted on a spindle that folds flat against the dial when not in use. The dial is a compass with the hours marked on the rim. Basically you point it north, then spin up the gnomon to vertical and read off the time. I've used it a lot bushwalking as it's made of brass and is impervious to water and other damage. Unlike a mobile phone.

[@NoxCattus]

Comments like these are why I always love to check the comment section :)

[@theclassicso8094]

I would have never noticed the time pieces without you pointing them out. Great presentation. ⌛🕰⏲

[@MarkADavisAZ]

Facinating and timely.

[@amykortuem5554]

I didn’t think I would be interested in this topic, but I should have known. You have taught me so much about so many diverse topics and people, I was utterly fascinated by these clocks, their symbolism, and their artistry. So sorry for doubting!

[@thebarkisdue]

🎼Time…flowing like a river ❤Happy and fulfilled New Year, Dr. Kat! ⏰⏱️⏲️⌚️⏳⌛️🕰️

[@raygay3375]

Old clocks ⏰ are fascinating things. I am always amazed any of the many tower clocks are being maintained, and we mortals get the chance to see their workings. The clock at Hampton Court Palace though…WOW. What a incredible mechanism! Thanks for another thought-provoking 🧐 video

[@paddypaddy2834]

The clock tower at Hampton was amazing! I’m going back there in March! Interesting video as always! 🕰️

[@JenaforJuniper]

This is a great topic. The clocks are stunning!

[@laurieleonard8209]

This was so much fun ❤ l appreciate seeing such fascinating objects thatl may not get to seen person💝

[@danielclaeys7598]

Time flies and another year has gone. All the better in this new year. ❤

[@LeeWoodin]

Fascinating ⏰🕰️⏱️Thank you. Keep up with the great work 🎉

[@maryh4650]

I have seen the Hampton Court Clock. My Auntie used to take me, there as there was/is so much to see. The colours on the clock and around the place are stunning.

[@Sue300]

I would like to see the video about the Paston letters. That would be very interesting!

[@timefoolery]

What an interesting topic! Thanks Dr. Kat!!

[@RiseeRee]

I love that Keeping Time with the Tudors sounds like a sort of contemporary reality show. I don’t generally watch reality tv, but I would probably watch a Tudor show, played like one! 🕰️ 😊

[@octavianpopescu4776]

I remember reading a book about Queen Jane I (Grey) and it included a list of items she had ordered in her short reign to be brought to her, at the Tower, and the list included descriptions of the items and there were some weird things in there, including an inordinate amount of clocks. They sounded more like... novelty/exotic gifts. I was wondering what was up with that, if she had some hobby or fascination when it came to clocks. But this video makes me realize that these were probably common gifts nobles would give one another and they must have had a lot of them just laying around.

[@susanvinson2667]

Fascinating as always. Thank you!🕰️⏳💀

[@Myke_OBrien]

Brava! OMG Dr. Kat! You’ve outdone yourself! I have always had a fascination with timepieces and own a few unusual ones. Henry’s two clocks that you showed us took my breath away! Does the clock at Hampton Court still work? 🕰️ The life of Margaret Paston fascinates me. A video on the Paston letters, pretty please? 😁

[@SandyQueue]

Thanks as always for your well-researched and entertaining videos!

[@RedHeadedTsunami]

Thank-you for this video! Wonderful. 🧭⌛⏳⏰⏱⏲🕰🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘

[@maharet967]

Dr Kat! I just stumbled upon History After Dark yesterday! I love both versions of you! ❤😂

[@hiwakoo]

Dr. Kat and the widow Hyde😇😈 🕰⏰⏲⏱

[@maharet967]

@@hiwakoo i was thinking along that line 🤭

[@gaylesuggs8523]

Thanks so much, Dr. Kat! One of my father's hobbies was to work on antique clocks from the mid to late 1800s here in the USA, so I'm particularly fond of clocks. I loved the examples you showed of painting with various timepieces in them, and what the painter may have been commenting on or portraying by adding them to his painting. Good stuff, as always! 🕰⏳

[@waynebean1521]

Fantastic! Another timekeeping topic, if it hasn't been done would be determining time....say, in a monastery, critical for prayer order, .... before timepieces and 60 minute hours! Again, brilliant!

[@lisascenic]

Yes!!! The issue of non-standardized time is absolutely fascinating. ⏳⌛️⏳⌛️⏳

[@waynebean1521]

@lisascenic Absolutely! I've run into "time" problems well into the 19th Century. I was assisting an historian with the Battles of Deep Bottom, 1864, in Virginia during the American Civil War. My job was reading battle reports and establishing chronology. It suddenly dawned on me....I notified him, "We have to take statements such as 'It was about 6 o'clock' with a grain of salt and give more credence to statements such as 'the sun was peeking over the hill' (we have tables to approximate that).Time could be standardized on, say, a particular railroad line with telegraphers.....groups of people could synchronize watches but there was no standard time nor time zones. The historian was not happy....he was approaching a serial publishing deadline! But, I'd love to know how a monastery managed it and what technology they used. Glad to meet another "nerd" that is fascinated about such things! Thank you for the response!

[@michellecornum5856]

🧭⏳🕧🌚🌝🌞 I knew that the Tudors had clocks and that that was VERY important for traveling across the ocean; I had no idea how varied their timepieces were -- and how many aspects of time they kept track of. I knew of one little timepiece that kept track of the hour, only, but that is all. This is very, VERY interesting.

[@CeciliaCarter-cr2eq]

One of my grandfathers was a collector and repairer of clocks here in the USA. It's great to see beautiful old examples of timepieces from across the pond. Love your channel! ❤

[@timflinn9756]

Love your work. Can't wait till your next video

[@hopenield8234]

Wasn’t expecting this subject to be as interesting and entertaining as it turned out to be. The visuals and explanations of them particularly helped with this. Even the images I’d seen before I often hadn’t realised were timepieces, or how complex they were and how old they were. Very informative. Thank you!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content! Keep up the good work 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@TikiHi77]

Didn't know about the salt clock. That one is amazing. Really, they all are. That octagonal one is very interesting.

[@ladyicondraco]

This was an interesting video and fascinating topic! 🧭🕰

[@Sarah.p.Stewart8654]

I have never found clocks interesting before and yet I’ve found your video on clocks really interesting

[@judycater2832]

Thank you so much for this video. Very much interesting and I especially enjoyed the section on the Hampton Court clock. Happy new Year!❤❤❤

[@ChristinePEsq]

Great video as usual! I got to see The Ambassadors in person and absolutely loved it!

[@mickeykolody7773]

Fascinating stuff! ⏰

[@MJsgarden]

A video on the Pastons - yes please

[@GertiePants]

Fabulous video as always, Dr. Kat. Always informative and entertaining. Thank you, and Happy New Year. 🕰⏳

[@cindchan]

Loved this video! ⏲

[@wesleyspencer]

I had no idea clocks were so important in this period (but of course this makes perfect sense)

[@lisascenic]

I would be very interested to hear your insights into the Paston letters. ✉️💌✉️ Likewise, a discussion on attitudes on mortality during this period. The imagery related to the idea of memento mori would be a great topic to explore. There are soooo many great examples! ⏳💀⏳💀⏳

[@SafetySpooon]

Thank you for showing us these fabulous timepieces! Amazing!

[@shirleylysen9178]

Have very much appreciated your videos and would love to see something on the Paston letters 🙋‍♀️ from Canada

[@ameryek.9607]

Your bookcases look refreshed and renewed!📚

[@eshim3961]

Fascinating and well presented topic, as always!

[@aliampb6949]

Fascinating as always Thank you x

[@mike-myke22]

Happy New Year Dr Kat, and thanks for the wonderful content. 👍

[@BellaBellSiku]

Well done 🏫🕰️⌛️⏱️I rather like the time pieces you shared. Thank you Dr. Kat 🥰

[@prettybirdbeenlpeacock6592]

Wonderful info. Happy New Year!

[@vladimiramiller3738]

Loving your channel! Thank you!!❤

[@amygb]

Thank you! I loved this!⏳⌚🕰️

[@stephanietaylor8003]

I pov3d the Wolsey clock but the one at Hampton Court was amazing! Loved the tidal information and how important it was to river travelling

[@keithcampbell9582]

Absolutely fascinating!⏳⌛🕰

[@JeanSmith-g3l]

Wonderful video- very interesting- Thank you, Dr. Kat

[@jwilli7434]

🕰Another brilliant video! I've learned so much from you and appreciate all that you do. I know that so much goes into the preparation of these videos (and it shows!), and I feel so fortunate to have found you and followed your channel!

[@Pauline-wu4ej]

I loved the idea of a 24 hour clock face.👍

[@vg6369]

Happy New Year 🕰️

[@angelairidescenceartglass6289]

Thank you for the video on Tudor timepieces! 🕰️❤

[@minimalchaos9]

You are awesome ! Thank you for such informative videos! ⏰️ 🕑

[@lillyfranzen7802]

🥰🕰️ loved this, already a subject I'm interested in and Dr Kat as always you make it all the more interesting!🥰 🕰️

[@steelerbear]

🕰 Thanks for the insight, Dr Kat!

[@helenkemp6468]

Utterly brilliant. I have a little confession I love listening to you whilest I do micro Crochet and my daughter who doesn't "do history", because she was put off it at school likes listening to you and has now decided due to you that history isn't boring and that she likes history. Thank you so very much for sparking my daughter's enjoyment of history

[@ladonnaadam5014]

Thank you, Dr Kat, ⏲

[@pamelaoliver8442]

🏰🇺🇲🇬🇧🧭🕰️ PLEASE do a video on the Paston Letters!!! I read Helen Castor's excellent work but I'd really love your thoughts!!!

[@mmcleod8148]

⏰🕰️⏱️facinating video. Thank you.

[@marcelabeltran6216]

thank you very much, I am learning a lot!

[@kathrynmast916]

🕝🕒🕘🕤🕰️⏰🌛🌜🌍🌏👑👍Another outstanding presentation! 😊😊❤😊😊

[@OkieJammer2736]

Oooh. WELL DONE! ⏳

[@sheilacasper2030]

So interesting! Thanks.

[@kridswonderhowell4541]

Ooooooooooooh! I was so looking forward to this topic!!! Truly!!!

[@grtlyblesd]

We just recently had a dinner table conversation about geocentric vs. heliocentric, and I brought up the Hampton Court clock as an example. I’d love to see it in person someday. 🕐 I wonder if the lesser classes were still using nails in candles 🕯️ to mark time during the Tudor era?

[@emmapadgett1181]

Honestly, love my Friday fix , thanks.

[@Elvertaw]

Wonderful video, Dr Kat!! I saw the clock at Hampton Court but didn’t really pay attention to it. 😢 Now I have to go back 😊🛫

[@CrazyArtistLady]

That was really interesting. Thanks! ⌛⏰⏳🕐⌚

[@SandyQueue]

I enjoy finding tax records for the subjects of my research. Extra tax was levied for Clocks, Pianos, and Carriages, in Baltimore for example. I wonder how many clocks were buried in the back garden to avoid tax? (easier than burying a piano, for sure.)

[@mellowfishie]

Fascinating!!

[@theodosiasnudpuckle7372]

I really enjoyed this episode

[@BeeKool__113]

❤🎉 Party with Dr.Kat on Fridays!!

[@ireneford5722]

We were lucky enough in Sept.2022, to visit Hampton Court Palace.

[@robbaxtresser9077]

🕰Great video. Thanks

[@joannshupe9333]

Every time I even glance at the portrait of Lady Dacre I feel the need to climb into it and move that expensive little time piece away from the table edge. And it's on a cloth, too! I'd love to hear your take on the Paston letters if others agree! ✍📃 ✒🧭🕰 🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘

[@catherinewhite5008]

🕰 Fascinating as always!

[@nearlydied]

I wonder when England began seeing the use of clockwork-like mechanisms for toys and novelty items.

[@teabean7]

Happy New Year! ⏰

[@ejw554]

🧭 Thank you for another great video

[@313motown]

Thanks much again! 😺

[@ElenWallace]

I’m curious in more about how the Tudors referenced the zodiac signs and how this worked in tandem with their highly Christian society as today I think we would tend to see them as more separate beliefs systems though not exclusively so.

[@daveblack2602]

Phew. I wonder if you can imagine what it's like finding your channel full of fascinating, trustworthy information after scrolling the endless sludge of lies and fabrications. It's like a good meal when you're starving hungry!!!!

[@Kristine709]

🕰️ ⏰ ⏰ 🕰️ another fantastic video! Thank you!

[@Lucyverre]

Very interesting 🕰️⏲️⏰⏳⌛🕙

[@loriwatters8661]

❤your videos

[@meeganaschen8388]

You could say that the British timepiece industry was “behind the times”.

[@dees3179]

Lovely video Dr Kat. Any chance of getting an interview with a horological conservator to talk about the survival and care of these time pieces in the modern day? Find your own if you please of course, but as you are in the U.K., Icon dynamic object group would at least have some people in the same time zone and many are private contractors so are available to be hird/speak at their own discretion, as opposed to those working in institutions and as such have less autonomy……