with 36 barrels of gunpowder, matches and fuses, about to blow up King James I and his parliament. But why did Catholics such as Fawkes plan to blow up the king and how was the plot foiled?

While on the domestic front anti-Catholic feelings were running high - especially after the Gunpowder Plot. Notably, James also commissioned a new version of the Bible. The King James Bible has ...

Xand Van Tulleken and Tracy Borman examine the plot to kill James I by blowing up the House of Lords when the king would be present ... two and a half tons of gunpowder beneath the House of ...

There she is, careful! That’s Guy Fawkes. He was part of The Gunpowder Plot – a secret plan to blow up King James I, using gunpowder. Guy Fawkes’ job was to wait for the king to enter the ...