with fires, and were usually effective . Unfortunately all that didn't help. On 5 September the Great Fire was over. Samuel Pepys's diary (23 February 1633 26 May 1703) Samuel Pepys, was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, who is now most famous for his diary. The detailed private diary he kept during 16601669 was first published in the nineteenth century. In his diary was talked about : Women he pursued His friends Jealousies Insecurities trivial concerns his fractious relationship with his wife ·The most important is that in this diary is spoken about many great events what happened in London at the 17 century. Like the Great Fire of London and The Great Plague of London. Pepys's diary has become a national monument. The Great Plague of London Pepys was not among the group of people who were most at risk: he did not live in cramped housing, he did not routinely mix with
Diarists like Pepys and Evelyn depicted everyday London life and the cultural scene of the times. In 17th increase in autobiographical writing. Form of self-expression open to both men and women Samuel Pepys: detailed private diary, 1660 – 1669. Combination of personal revelation and eyewitness accounts of great events (Great Plague of London, the Second Dutch War, Great Fire of London). Breathtaking honesty: women he pursued, extramarital relationships, friends, dealings. Reveals his jealousies, insecurities, trivial concerns, fractious relationship with his wife. Personal accounts of the restoration of the monarchy. John Evelyn: his diaries largely contemporaneus to Pepys. Cast considerable light on the art, culture and politics of the time (deaths of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell). Compared to Pepys, self-consciously pious, even reserved. Far more a formal record. 11. 17th century religious prose (Donne, Andrewes, Bunyan)
People would bathe and anoint themselves with oil to symbolize the shedding of an old skin from the previous season. Houses and temples would be cleansed with water and fumigated. Bells and gongs would be rung to chase out unclean spirits. Fireworks have been used in China for centuries for this purpose. Purgation was both metaphorical and literal in these ancient societies. M e n tally and metaphorically, people were supposed to purge themselves of sour feelings, resentments, jealousies, and so on. But they were also supposed to cleanse the body of impurities by fasting and even by inducing vomiting. Catharsis was a medical term in Aristotle's time for the natural processes by which the body eliminates poisons and wastes. It comes from the word "katharos" which means pure, so a catharsis is a purification, but it can also be a purgation, a vomiting up or violent expelling of impurities. Sneezing is a cathartic reaction to rid the nasal passages of impurities.
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