Guy Fawkes
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Remember Remember
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Author : J. A. Sharpe
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2005
Remember Remember written by J. A. Sharpe and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
Bonfire Night, observed annually to memorialize the Gunpowder Plot, is one of England's most festive occasions. Why has the memory of this act of treason and terrorism persisted for 400 years? Sharpe unravels the web of religion and politics that gave rise to the plot, and wittily shows how celebration of that night has changed over the centuries.
The Life Of Guy
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Author : Allan Metcalf
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2019
The Life Of Guy written by Allan Metcalf and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed! In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely notice how odd it truly is: a singular "guy" referring to males only, a plural "guys" encompassing the entire human race. The journey from England's greatest villain to America's favorite second-person plural pronoun offers a story rich with surprising and unprecedented turns. Through his trademark breezy, highly readable style, acclaimed writer Allan Metcalf takes us deep into this history, uncovering the intrigue, murderous plots, and torture out of which the word emerged in 1605. From there, it's a thrilling run through 17th-century England, bloody religious controversies, and across the Atlantic to America, where the word took on a life of its own, exploding into popular culture and day-to-day conversation. From the disappearance of thou, to George Washington and the American Revolution, to the modern revival of Guy Fawkes in V for Vendetta, Metcalf explores the improbable history of a simple word so indispensable to our daily lives, and that evokes deep insights into the evolution of English itself.
Guy Fawkes
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Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
language : en
Publisher: BookRix
Release Date : 2019-06-15
Guy Fawkes written by William Harrison Ainsworth and has been published by BookRix this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-15 with History categories.
The execution of the penal laws enabled the king, by an ingenious comment, to derive considerable profit from his past forbearance. It was pretended that he had never forgiven the penalties of recusancy; he had merely forbidden them to be exacted for a time, in the hope that this indulgence would lead to conformity; but his expectations had been deceived; the obstinacy of the Catholics had grown with the lenity of the sovereign; and, as they were unworthy of further favour, they should now be left to the severity of the law. To their dismay, the legal fine of twenty pounds per lunar month was again demanded, and not only for the time to come, but for the whole period of the suspension; a demand which, by crowding thirteen payments into one, reduced many families of moderate incomes to a state of absolute beggary. Nor was this all. James was surrounded by numbers of his indigent countrymen. Their habits were expensive, their wants many, and their importunities incessant. To satisfy the more clamorous, a new expedient was devised. The king transferred to them his claims on some of the more opulent recusants, against whom they were at liberty to proceed by law, in his name, unless the sufferers should submit to compound, by the grant of an annuity for life, or the immediate payment of a considerable sum. This was at a time when the jealousies between the two nations had reached a height, of which, at the present day, we have but little conception. Had the money been carried to the royal coffers, the recusants would have had sufficient reason to complain; but that Englishmen should be placed by their king at the mercy of foreigners, that they should be stripped of their property to support the extravagance of his Scottish minions, this added indignity to injustice, exacerbated their already wounded feelings, and goaded the most moderate almost to desperation." From this deplorable state of things, which is by no means over-colored in the above description, sprang the Gunpowder Plot.
You Wouldn T Want To Be Guy Fawkes
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Author : Fiona Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: The Salariya Book Company
Release Date : 2021-02-01
You Wouldn T Want To Be Guy Fawkes written by Fiona Macdonald and has been published by The Salariya Book Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
As a young servant to Catholic conspirator and would-be assassin Guy Fawkes, you'll witness the secretive planning and thwarted execution of the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605 at first-hand. Plunge into a morally-murky world of political intrigue, persecution and religious extremism not so very far away from our own... This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like as Guy Fawkes. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.
Guy Fawkes Or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason A D 1605
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Author : Thomas Lathbury
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-17
Guy Fawkes Or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason A D 1605 written by Thomas Lathbury and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-17 with Fiction categories.
"Guy Fawkes; Or, A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605" by Thomas Lathbury. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Real Guy Fawkes
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Author : Nick Holland
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2017-10-30
The Real Guy Fawkes written by Nick Holland and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-30 with History categories.
This biography looks behind the mask of the seventeenth-century rebel who became a controversial folk hero for his role in the infamous Gunpowder Plot. Today, Guy Fawkes is an instantly recognizable symbol of violent rebellion across the globe. Some proudly dress in his image while others burn his effigy. But few people know the story of the man behind the legend. In The Real Guy Fawkes, biographer Nick Holland explores his eventful life and the complicated, dangerous era in which he lived. Born in York in 1570, Fawkes was raised Protestant, yet went on to plan mass murder for the Catholic cause. Prepared to risk everything and endanger countless lives, was he a freedom fighter, a treasonous fanatic, or merely a fool? Holland offers a fresh take on Fawkes’s early life, showing how he was radicalized into a Catholic mercenary and a key member of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. Featuring beautiful illustrations, this accessible and engaging biography combines contemporary accounts with modern analysis to reveal new motivations behind his actions.
Remember Remember The Fifth Of November
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Author : James Sharpe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Remember Remember The Fifth Of November written by James Sharpe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Great Britain categories.
Guy Fawkes is amongst the most celebrated figures in English history and Bonfire Night is a remarkably long lived and very English tradition. But why is it that in a modern, multicultural society people still turn out every November to commemorate a planned act of treason and terrorism which was defeated four hundred years ago? Had the Gunpowder Plot succeeded and the Catholics managed to blow up the king, the royal family and Parliament, English history would have been shaped by a terrorist act of unprecedented proportions, shattering in terms of both the damage inflicted and its propaganda value. James Sharpe examines the fateful night of 5 November 1605 and the tangled web of religion and politics which gave rise to the plot. He uncovers how celebration of the event, and of Guy Fawkes, the one gunpowder plotter everyone remembers, has changed over the centuries. Today, although most of the religious connotations have long been ignored, the bonfires remain. The festival created in 1605 by the state and church to commemorate a failed act of Catholic terrorism, now provides an annual raison d'être for the firework industry and an annual source of concern for Britain's cat owners. Every year the crowds gather, the bonfires are lit and the firework displays dazzle again. Interestingly however, the tradition is fast changing and reverting to the pre-Gunpowder Plot festival (now much Americanised) of Halloween.
Guy Fawkes Or The Gunpowder Treason
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Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1841
Guy Fawkes Or The Gunpowder Treason written by William Harrison Ainsworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1841 with Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606 categories.
"The first of William Harrison Ainsworth's seven "Lancashire novels", the story is based on the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Ainsworth relied heavily on historical documents describing the trial and execution of the conspirators, of whom Fawkes was one, but he also embellished the known facts. He invented the character of Viviana Radcliffe, daughter of the prominent Radcliffe family of Ordsall Hall - who becomes Fawkes's wife - and introduced gothic and supernatural elements into the story, such as the ability of the alchemist, John Dee, to raise the spirits of the dead"--From Wikipedia, viewed January 16, 2024.
Guy Fawkes
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Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1841
Guy Fawkes written by William Harrison Ainsworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1841 with Gunpowder Plot, 1605 categories.
Guy Fawkes
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Author : William Harrison Ainsworth
language : en
Publisher: The Floating Press
Release Date : 2011-10-01
Guy Fawkes written by William Harrison Ainsworth and has been published by The Floating Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with Fiction categories.
In the sweeping historical epic Guy Fawkes, renowned author William Harrison Ainsworth takes on one of the boldest rebels of all time. Pro-Catholic agitator Guy Fawkes was at the center of a failed scheme to blow up the English Parliament and force then-Princess Elizabeth onto the throne. Now regarded as an archetypal traitor, Fawkes looms large in the British imagination, due in large part to Ainsworth's complex and nuanced portrayal of him in this novel.