Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… relationships with a wide range of Londoners, along with his changing patterns of sociability across his life. People > Art and Literature People > Politics Keywords Diaries Family Hospitality Navy Patronage Samuel Pepys’s impressive social … about making himself ‘known’ in London’s principal forums. He was already a very familiar face in Westminster Hall . Part of the Pal ace of Westminster and adjoining the Houses of Parliament, the Hall was a venue for well-off Londoners to … of groups. One such group that attracted Pepys was the newly formed Royal Society, which received its first royal charter in 1662. With the King’s backing, empirical science was a fashionable pursuit for gentlemen. Pepys joined in …
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