Probably because of V for Vendetta and that iconic mask, the name “Guy Fawkes” and the date November 5th are more widely known beyond British shores than in years past, but the details of the infamous “Gunpowder Plot” generally aren’t.
It starts with King Henry VIII, around 1540, seizing control from Rome over the Church in England, pissing off every Catholic on the island. For decades after that, attempt after attempt was made to destroy the fledgling “Church of England”, by way of political manoeuvring, kidnapping and coercion, all in a bid to restore control of the Faith to Rome.
None of it ever