Author: Cindy Wright
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291070338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Fawkes became synonymous with the Gunpowder Plot, the failure of which has been commemorated in the United Kingdom since 5 November 1605. His effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, commonly accompanied by a firework display.
GUY FAWKES AND THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (aka Bonfire Night)
Author: Cindy Wright
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291070338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Fawkes became synonymous with the Gunpowder Plot, the failure of which has been commemorated in the United Kingdom since 5 November 1605. His effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, commonly accompanied by a firework display.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291070338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Fawkes became synonymous with the Gunpowder Plot, the failure of which has been commemorated in the United Kingdom since 5 November 1605. His effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, commonly accompanied by a firework display.
Gunpowder Plots
Author: Antonia Fraser
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141909331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
400 years ago this November the most ambitious and extraordinary plot ever conceived in this country came close to success: the attempt by Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators to destroy in a single, annihilating blast the entire British ruling class and royal family. This book draws on the expertise of different writers to bring to life the immense implications of the Plot and the strange way they have echoed down to us over four centuries in what remains the quintessential English festival. Pauline Croft writes about the amazing plot itself and the anxious, unstable world of Jacobean Britain, Antonia Fraser imagines a world in which the plot had succeeded, Justin Champion dramatizes the national emergency that followed the plot's discovery and its savage anti-Catholicism, David Cressy traces how Bonfire Night has been celebrated since its inception as a holiday, Mike Jay focuses on the most famous and enduring rituals held each year at Lewes and Brenda Buchanan offers a wonderful history of fireworks in Britain.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141909331
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
400 years ago this November the most ambitious and extraordinary plot ever conceived in this country came close to success: the attempt by Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators to destroy in a single, annihilating blast the entire British ruling class and royal family. This book draws on the expertise of different writers to bring to life the immense implications of the Plot and the strange way they have echoed down to us over four centuries in what remains the quintessential English festival. Pauline Croft writes about the amazing plot itself and the anxious, unstable world of Jacobean Britain, Antonia Fraser imagines a world in which the plot had succeeded, Justin Champion dramatizes the national emergency that followed the plot's discovery and its savage anti-Catholicism, David Cressy traces how Bonfire Night has been celebrated since its inception as a holiday, Mike Jay focuses on the most famous and enduring rituals held each year at Lewes and Brenda Buchanan offers a wonderful history of fireworks in Britain.
Remember, Remember
Author: J. A. Sharpe
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674019355
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674019355
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
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.
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
Author: James Sharpe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781861977878
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781861977878
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
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, a Complete History of the Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605
Author: Thomas Lathbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and Bonfire Night
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Sonja Hyde presents information on Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day. This British holiday involves the lighting of bonfires and is celebrated on November 5th in commemoration of the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in retaliation for the harsh treatment of the Catholics. English conspirator Guy Fawkes (1570-1606) was arrested under the House of Lords while in possession of barrels of gunpowder. Under torture, Fawkes allegedly named the rest of the conspirators. Most of the other conspirators were captured and executed along with Fawkes.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Sonja Hyde presents information on Bonfire Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day. This British holiday involves the lighting of bonfires and is celebrated on November 5th in commemoration of the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot. The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament in retaliation for the harsh treatment of the Catholics. English conspirator Guy Fawkes (1570-1606) was arrested under the House of Lords while in possession of barrels of gunpowder. Under torture, Fawkes allegedly named the rest of the conspirators. Most of the other conspirators were captured and executed along with Fawkes.
The Gunpowder Plot
Author: Francis G. Fawkes
Publisher: Ernst Klett Sprachen
ISBN: 9783125454712
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 40
Book Description
Gebannt verbringt Guy Stunden vor seinem Computer: Dank seiner neuen CD-Rom ist er in das Jahr 1605 zurückversetzt und erfährt von den spannenden Ereignissen, die zu dem Tag führen, der heute noch in England als Guy Fawkes Day gefeiert wird. (Quelle: www.klett.de).
Publisher: Ernst Klett Sprachen
ISBN: 9783125454712
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 40
Book Description
Gebannt verbringt Guy Stunden vor seinem Computer: Dank seiner neuen CD-Rom ist er in das Jahr 1605 zurückversetzt und erfährt von den spannenden Ereignissen, die zu dem Tag führen, der heute noch in England als Guy Fawkes Day gefeiert wird. (Quelle: www.klett.de).
The Life of Guy
Author: Allan Metcalf
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190669209
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190669209
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
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.
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
Author: J. A. Sharpe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gunpowder Plot, 1605
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gunpowder Plot, 1605
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Book of Guy Fawkes Day and Its Bonfire Night Volume III
Author: Conrad Jay Bladey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985448639
Category : Gunpowder Plot, 1605
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
A complete compilation of English literature referencing Guy Fawkes, The Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes Day Celebrations and the Great Deliverance of 1605
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780985448639
Category : Gunpowder Plot, 1605
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
A complete compilation of English literature referencing Guy Fawkes, The Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes Day Celebrations and the Great Deliverance of 1605