Puritans (The Killjoys of History)

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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Credit:
Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Narrator:
Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard
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.

[@CaptainBardiel]

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

[@flamingcroatan3739]

True

[@minhducnguyen9276]

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

[@WT.....]

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

[@thewildcardperson]

@@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]

if only we could do this with twitter users.

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

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]

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

[@waterhotter9668]

@@JohnnyWindmill it was obviously a grabber

[@danieldeak9141]

I mean yea It makes sense

[@SiiriCressey]

Do you have sources to share?

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

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

[@fluttzkrieg4392]

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

[@siddharthtripathi5806]

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

[@thepagecollective]

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

[@siddharthtripathi5806]

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

[@BigWilly7.62inch]

@@siddharthtripathi5806 killjoys

[@khaledaldekaer8459]

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

[@edwardhardwick2180]

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

[@catdust]

how dare they have fun

[@JohnE9999]

Kinda like Wokeness.

[@cloudynguyen6527]

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

[@DAsrada]

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

[@piccalillipit9211]

BRILLIANT

[@michelleanderson245]

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]

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

[@Windwalker88]

As a dutchman, i love how unpuritain we are

[@anothervu]

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]

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

[@machovalkarie7896]

@@unclejoeoaklandlmao 😂😂

[@cmdrflake]

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

[@asahelnettleton9044]

And thank God that he did.

[@nightmaretrooper5064]

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]

*Bear a male heir on the first pregnancy.

[@tequalssquareplushell5358]

@АIeха Rivera Shorts 🅥 No one asked

[@cuchulain1647]

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!!!!

[@demonicangel31]

The "Blackadder" reference at the end was perfect!

[@timetochronicle]

WICKED CHILD

[@leesummers4425]

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

[@Jack-Hands]

Did you miss the Thumbnail.

[@Jack-Hands]

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

[@Asahamana]

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

[@RySL66]

"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]

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

[@Tillyandmaisie]

Sounds about right.

[@sneakysnake2330]

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

[@genghiskhan6809]

Sounds pretty sinful and hypocritical if you ask me.

[@dante_0962]

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.

[@christhiele4476]

The Puritans would have been devastated if they had a time machine to go back and see the services done at the temple of Jeruselum as illustrated in the Bible. Gold in the temple, priests with fancy robes, statues of angels, beautiful music, it all would have been too much for them to bear

[@LaunchpadMcQuackFictional]

The Puritans actually loved music, but not Statues of Angels. Catholicism is heretical.

[@iammelon7803]

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

[@xhagast]

And Jesus at the wedding in Cannan.

[@caseygrow5951]

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]

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 KZbin 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]

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

[@MrSophire]

@@lysevensolaris7025 so true

[@vivelenapoleon1927]

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

[@domyazbek2323]

Yes you are correct

[@jamesearljones7382]

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

[@vivelenapoleon1927]

@@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]

because history dont end

[@mertsoup9113]

theres a lot of history to talk about

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

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

[@bearboy879]

No, they changed their names to liberals.

[@williamcampbell6794]

@@bearboy879 Lol yes

[@williamcampbell6794]

More like math teachers

[@bearboy879]

@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]

@@bearboy879 that and “Progressives”

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

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

[@Briselance]

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

[@fishingmasterstudios9481]

histories Biggest group of Fanatics

[@Michael-590]

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

[@Nolaris3]

@@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]

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

[@Redatcarndal]

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 KZbin tries to screw you over you still keep moving forward which I commend simple history is that no matter what bs KZbin does to them they keep going and moving forward.

[@Brunch65]

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

[@eb_tigers0775]

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[@iLoveBigKnockers]

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

[@WhydoIneedahandle1111]

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

[@kylejacobson9587]

The Puritans were anti priests.

[@Theweirdunicorn69]

@@kylejacobson9587”how dare you be happy! I demand to speak with god!”

[@Dsdcain]

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]

Salem?

[@Dsdcain]

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

[@colbybarnett417]

Plymouth

[@МіиіслірФаи]

@АIeха Rivera Shorts 🅥 Stop bruh

[@Dsdcain]

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

[@BuckBlaziken]

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

[@BobPantsSpongeSquare97]

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]

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]

Good.

[@DawnKing]

Wait till they realize slavery was abolished.

[@warthunder9155]

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

[@DaFoozy]

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]

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

[@TankGun90]

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

[@carlosajames]

I recognize it as well.

[@trevorslinkard31]

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

[@haxor7372]

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]

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

[@bmetalfish3928]

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]

@@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]

@@M4x_P0w3r "more weight" indeed.

[@oceanberserker]

@@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.

[@omarmatouq3855]

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]

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.

[@alextucker5819]

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

[@Lockie98th]

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

[@dillydilly6817]

Scott?💀

[@liamserna]

@@dillydilly6817What is it that you dont understand in the word Scottish.

[@nomnomstirn1532]

@@liamserna What is it?

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

@@dillydilly6817 no, Josh

[@shaesmith7457]

Clan name?

[@Kevc00]

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]

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

[@nicolestimothy9921]

Thats is so related to the world today.

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

They called corporate

[@brianrich7828]

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

[@kbrock9146]

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.

[@Dabed1208]

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]

where is private school that cheap

[@lorrtyler]

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

[@rumrich]

Sounds like you are getting ripped off man.

[@marcuspoosz2190]

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

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

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

[@arober9758]

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

[@007Davis]

tip top video and splendid Blackadder reference at the end.

[@donaldtrumpgaming7668]

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.

[@WT.....]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@jacekuntz5195]

@@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".

[@TheEagleWithNoName]

And they are still Killjoys now on twitter.

[@MagnumLoadedTractor]

Just not religious

[@Darksnowman1]

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

[@FunnyStripes]

@@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]

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

[@riks081]

@@gonzalogutierrez510 The church of woke.

[@huntclanhunt9697]

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]

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]

@@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]

Tell that to Reverend Paris.

[@huntclanhunt9697]

@@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]

@@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.

[@BriGuyIL1980]

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

[@britlaker]

Lady Whiteadder, come to talk about Blackadders inheritance.

[@a_random_orthodox_Christian]

It made my day

[@Briselance]

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

[@timthewarlord2304]

I love it

[@shahriar4706_]

puritans coming to america explains why american christianity is so weird compared to europe, levant and africa.

[@F0reman371]

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

[@cannonball666]

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

[@georgeprchal3924]

John Wayne: So anyway I started blasting!

[@ManDuderGuy]

"Happy Thanksgiving pilgrims" -John Wayne

[@toffitagufa8777]

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

[@richardsawyer5428]

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

[@WolfingtonStanley]

Love the Blackadder reference at the end

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

“He took pleasure in being called a Puritan, believing he would eventually be thought of us better than other men for his reading of the scriptures.” And there’s Puritanism in nutshell, thinking you’re better than everybody else because you never have fun lol.

[@richardgonzalez6409]

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

[@tomlubas1512]

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

[@Jay-pj1vg]

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

[@richardsawyer5428]

"Wicked child!" 🤣

[@shawnmichaud4013]

Sounds like modern republicans

[@blockmasterscott]

That's actually a very accurate description.

[@ryan.1990]

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

[@curraheewolf]

Another awesome video! Keep them coming!

[@FunnyStripes]

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

[@juan-ij1le]

How

[@oceanberserker]

Same difference.

[@ohdahngboi_2237]

@@juan-ij1le woke leftists are the modern puritans

[@scroobboi2254]

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

[@Prich319]

Pretty accurate depiction, no?

[@blahblah659]

0:12 Why is Joe Biden the preacher?

[@sigmaohiophonk]

😭😭😭

[@nathansteinfromarkham7109]

This is slander! The preacher deserves better.

[@goldenaura949]

Lmao!

[@sapereaude6274]

He was already very old by then...

[@himothy-z9t]

Obviously because Adam, eve the joe Biden bro

[@Thomas-rl9xd]

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]

What's it like in Africa?

[@kaiza9184]

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

[@mattyallen3396]

Your still there?

[@ThunderEagle05]

@@drysoup3017 I’d guess it’s hot

[@frankjrmuchnok2647]

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

[@ColinTherac117]

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]

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

[@hussitewagoner6838]

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]

@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 what makes you say that 🤔

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΠαπαναστασίου-υ8σ]

No

[@wolvekrome2475]

Many years later puritans came back rebranded as evangelicals

[@eldridgedavis]

Yep

[@ryan.1990]

And now re-rebranded as SJWs

[@nathanscovell2895]

you could say the modern left are puritans in their pursuit of anti-racism and "equality."

[@LoT-r4s]

Just this time with music

[@maxxor-overworldhero6730]

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

[@osamabindiesel3389]

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]

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

[@zoompt-lm5xw]

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

[@maxxor-overworldhero6730]

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

[@Gary_The_Metro]

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

[@kilotun8316]

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

[@freedomstar3930]

The Puritans were just a massive army of hypocrites.

[@oleyullah]

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

[@eldridgedavis]

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

[@ComradeCorvus]

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

[@abasiaduudoyen2714]

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

[@pokefan-ix7sh]

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]

thank you

[@xhagast]

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.

[@elderliddle2733]

A lot of people in the comments talking a lot but never understanding. Their movement was a response. The things they saw in Europe had them convinced that people had lost the teachings of Christ. So in order to be closer to Him, they gave up much of the worldly pleasures. In particular the things they despised were: 1. The promiscuity of those in power. 2. The wasteful party culture of nobility. 3. Nobles refusing to work for a living. 4. The destruction of family units in divorce 5. The gold and other trappings of the clergy that Christ condemned.

[@hhasslinger9601]

That makes a lot of sense. I'm always skeptical when channels like this immediately paint a group of people in history negatively rather than explain the whole story.

[@evanatorextreme1065]

Never will I forget when one of my college history professors referred to the Puritans’ escapades as “The War on Fun”.

[@echoman4202]

Very good video. Educational

[@rickwong9049]

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. 😹

[@Sword_Boi]

Love the ending with Blackadder sitting down with the Whiteadders.

[@BeatMessiah]

As a Mayflower descendant, I approve of this video.

[@Mimu1983]

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]

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

[@Mimu1983]

@@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]

@@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]

@@Mimu1983 Theology is a pointless field of study.

[@0816M3RC]

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

[@MilBen24]

I love the chad / wojak thumbnail so much.

[@emikke]

The Early Wokes

[@theguybehindyou4762]

At least the original puritans had a religious justification. Modern wokies do it because the magic people in their phones told them to.

[@skitariiranger4346]

Puritans are closer to the American right, honestly

[@LaunchpadMcQuackFictional]

@@skitariiranger4346 Yet I do not know a single evangelical pastor who is against uninspired hymns in worship

[@joeysoto8051]

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.

[@OmegaTAFKAL-mb5hg]

1 Corinthians 11:14

[@naranara1690]

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

[@hungryburger1170]

Bro named his son "Humiliation" like it was a good thing.

[@SyggTheBeggarking]

I can think of no better way of creating a prideful and stubborn son, kind of like naming your daughter Chastity without knowing she'll eventually rebel against even THIS by becoming a stripper and E-thot.

[@itsleo6166]

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

[@TotallyOriginality]

purple hair looks great on people

[@WallahianKnighttHorseRider]

What insanity

[@ProcyonDei]

"If you're happy and you know it, that's a sin♪" - Popular Puritan song

[@oddforoddssake3751]

Love the nod to Blackadder at the end lol

[@marcastals7886]

I was searching anybody else noticing.

[@mikesands4681]

Àn interesting change of focus for your channel. Well researched.

[@Lenin941FN]

Puritans still exist today, they're called evangelicals. And it's still just as funny for us to make fun of them as it was for William Shakespeare

[@Supperdude9]

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

[@nope6908]

They got their fragile mentality from their religious parents

[@biteme9486]

Ok, so what should be done about injustice instead?

[@RyzeShib]

Twitter people, modern puritans.

[@UnisRapper]

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

[@victoriaman117]

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

[@kriegscommissarmccraw4205]

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

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

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

[@kregler]

@@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]

@@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]

​@@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.

[@charlesdeleo4608]

I love the Blackadder reference at the end!

[@dynamitedoggo4200]

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

[@UnisRapper]

history never changes

[@compatriot852]

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

[@NillTest]

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.

[@owenlindkvist5355]

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

[@Magnulus76]

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.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!!!!

[@Records_Old]

This is basically explaining what KZbin 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.

[@cormacmccreary9160]

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

[@RyomaHoshi22]

Ironically enough we're learning about the puritans

[@KappaKiller108]

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

[@robertbusselmaier]

It's crazy to think about how we romanticize the Pilgrims so much that we forget they were all Puritans too.

[@TimStark]

Sounds like the puritans were the ones deleting their social media profiles. Pretty cool imo

[@schrodingersgat4344]

"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]

???

[@schrodingersgat4344]

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

[@nope6908]

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

[@brianrich7828]

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]

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.

[@lordofmemes9033]

A video about the Dutch East India Company would be nice

[@junesilvermanb2979]

Dutch East India Company en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company

[@deplatformedcrowprinceluna6339]

Ah yes, the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie.

[@richardbalete5337]

7:37 - 8:12 That iconic Blackadder scene.... All it needs is for Baldrick to enter the room, with turnips that looks like a thingy. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@andylimb]

I came for the Black Adder clip, stayed for the history lesson.

[@Woodsmoke22]

Kudos on the Blackadder animations 😛

[@Briselance]

No swearing, no dancing, no drinking, no theatre, no Christmas? Gee... glad they got told to shove it. Although, I think they were quite right on the possibility to access the Scriptures in your language.

[@janel.8921]

Puritans had their own war on Christmas.

[@TheRealLifeWolverine]

This is history class but you choose what to learn about

[@SantaFe19484]

I thought this channel was just for military history, but this was a nice video anyway.

[@duan_va]

I just realized the thumbnail for this video is pretty much the soy wojack vs chad template. You gotta love this channel.

[@Texan8505]

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

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Ask Christian nationalists how they'll erase emancipation day

[@seanemery1917]

A lot of fundies are like that on KZbin

[@omer.g4386]

They are still killing joy to this day

[@edgregory1]

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

[@J.S.McDuff]

What is interesting is if you *listen* to this video its not that big of a deal, but the coaxing of visuals seems to be overweighed.

[@michaelwalker7400]

The Puritans moved to the Netherlands first, but only left because they decided their kids were too tolerant of others.