The Gunpowder Plot: Parliament & Treason 1605
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When Catesby, Fawkes and their fellow plotters decided to take matters into their own hands and strike at the very heart of the monarchy and government in 1605, they were doing so against a background of religious and political divisions with a long and bloody history.

This section explores the roots of those divisions and their influence upon this deadly conspiracy and then details the plot itself, step by stealthy step...

1. Divided Europe
  1. Divided Europe
2. Political Violence and Persecution
  2. Political Violence and Persecution
3. Peacemaker - the new King
  3. Peacemaker - the new King
4. Conspiracy and deception
  4. Conspiracy and deception
5. Discovery and flight
  5. Discovery and flight
6. Torture, trial and execution
  6. Torture, trial and execution
7. Aftermath: From Retribution to Toleration
 

7. Aftermath: From Retribution to Toleration

8. Aftermath: Commemoration
  8. Aftermath: Commemoration
 
     
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