SexViolHist Bib: Cases: Real Cases: Sexual Assaults by Samual Pepys

»Samuel Pepys (/ˈpiːps/ PEEPS; 23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English writer and Tory politician. He served as an official in the Navy Board and Member of Parliament, but is now most renowned for the diary he kept for almost a decade, first published in the 19th century and one of the most important primary sources of the Stuart Restoration. (...)
Much of Pepys' behaviour towards women, which he cataloged himself in his diary, would today be considered sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape. He wrote of using "force" or "great force" to achieve his sexual aims, sometimes causing injury to himself. He also described molesting women in their sleep. Despite his kindness and emotional loyalty towards some women in his life, Pepys ultimately believed men were entitled to the bodies of girls and women.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 17^th Century

II. Geographical Index: European History: English History

III. Topical Index: Types: General: Sexual Harassment, Rape | Offenders: Circumstances: Serial Offenders

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Carrier, Richard. »A Bayesian Analysis of Kate Loveman’s Pepys Diary Thesis.« Richard Carrier Blogs (September 8, 2022).

[Info] de la Bédoyère, Guy. The Confessions of Samuel Pepys: Private Revelations from Britain's Most Famed Diarist. New York 2026.

[Info] Loveman, Kate. »Women and the History of Samuel Pepys’s Diary.« The Historical Journal 65 (2022): 1221–1243.

[Info] Pimm, Geoffrey. The Dark Side of Samuel Pepys: Society’s First Sex Offender. Barnsley 2018.

[Info] Spampinato, Erin A., et al. »Between Men: Towards a Theory of Eighteenth-Century Rape Culture.« Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies 49 (2026): 205-224.

II. Speaker Index