Gunpowder plot

Simon Adams investigates the political and religious options available to the Catholics of early Jacobean England, and asks why some chose to attempt the spectacular coup in November 1605.

Bonfire Night keeps the flames of division burning.

The 1605 Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt by pro-Catholic conspirators to blow up the English Parliament on 5 November and kill King James I of England (r...

It’s #bonfirenight! #OTDiH 1605, Guy Fawkes was discovered beneath the House of Lords surrounded by barrels of gunpowder, marking the start of the annual celebrations of bonfire night and the iconic verse ‘Remember, remember the fifth of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot.’ . #GuyFawkes was a member of a group of Roman Catholic revolutionaries, who plotted to blow up the House of Lords, with the aim of killing King James I of England and VI of Scotland. The plot was foiled by an anonymous…

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Who was the real Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?

The Gunpowder Treason Plot, led by Robert Catesby, was an attempt to blow up British Parliament and kill King James I for a Catholic monarch.

There's something about tragic figures in history that catches our interest and contributes to our desire to learn as much as we can about their life and the

November 5th is the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, when Catholic explosive expert Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and Britons everywhere set fire to things