Guy Fawkes
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Reformation, Christianity, Christians, Churches, Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Catholic Church, Catholics
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: Guy Fawkes was a key conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, a secret attempt to destroy the English king and Parliament. Discovery of the plot intensified Protestant suspicions of Catholics and led to a period of reduced tolerance of Catholicism in England.
Early Life
Guy Fawkes’s parents, Edward Fawkes and the former Edith Jackson, came from different religious backgrounds. The Fawkeses were conventional Protestants, many of whom held public-service positions. The Jacksons, however, were classified as recusants, or Catholics who refused...
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