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	Catholic Recusants - http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/Leaflets/ri2173.htm Explains Recusancy which was a new offence in the 16th century which partly led to the gunpowder plot.
	Gunpowder Plot Society - http://www.gunpowder-plot.org/ Educational site with information about the people and the plot.
	Wikipedia: Guy Fawkes - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes Online encyclopedia covers the history of the Gunpowder Plot, with explanations of the words and terms used.
	The Gunpowder Plot - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07081b.htm This page is one of many from the Catholic Encyclopedia, it covers the subject profoundly.
	United Kingdom Parliament: The Gunpowder Plot - http://www.parliament.uk/faq/gunpowder_plot.cfm Parliament's story of the Gunpowder Plot in a FAQ style.

	Trial of Guy Fawkes and Others - http://www.armitstead.com/gunpowder/trial.html Transcription of the trial and the prosecution case against the conspirators.
	Gunpowder Plot - http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Gunpowder_Plot Straight forward version of the events from the 1911 Encyclopedia.
	Reformation: Protestant England - http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/ENGLAND.HTM History of the church leading to and after the Gunpowder Plot.
	The Gunpowder Plot of 1605. - http://www.albany.edu/jmmh/vol1no1/gunpowderplot.html Review of the 1997 film of the same name and short history of the plot.
	Gunpowder : Guy Fawkes - http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1994-03.html Single page with a discussion forum, debating the effects of the gunpowder that was stored in the cellars of Parliament.

	Guy Fawkes' Confession - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/museum/item.asp?item_id=19 The documents that led to his execution and others from the Public Record Office UK.
	Britannia: The Gunpowder Plot - http://www.britannia.com/history/kaboom.html David Nash Ford's comprehensive guide to the Gunpowder Plot and the plotters.
	Guy Fawkes - http://www.britannia.com/history/g-fawkes.html Britannia's article about the life and times of Guy Fawkes by David Herber.
	Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury - http://www.britannia.com/history/r-cecil.html Britannia`s biography on the infamous Earl that falsified the evidence and confessions of the plotters (or did he?).
	Guy Fawkes - http://www.york-united-kingdom.co.uk/guyfawkes/ A brief outline of the gunpowder plot.

	Gunpowder Plot - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/STUgunpowderP.htm Comprehensive version of events aimed towards the learning community.
	The Stuarts The Gunpowder Plot - http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/gunpowder_plot.htm Two short views of the events.
	Guy Fawkes - http://www.guardian.co.uk/netnotes/article/0,6729,588198,00.html A short description of the Gunpowder Plot from the Guardian.
	Robert Catesby - http://www.britannia.com/history/r-catesby.html Britannia`s biography on one of the main plotters.
	William Parker, Baron Morley & Monteagle - http://www.britannia.com/history/w-parker.html Britannia`s biography on the man behind the famous letter.

	Robert Wintour - http://www.britannia.com/history/t-wintour.html Britannia`s biography on a member of the gunpowder plot.
	CNN: A Penny for Guy - http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9710/london.frights/guy.html Short history of the Gunpowder Plot which includes information about the Tower of London.
	BBC: Britain Prepares to Light the Blue Touch Paper - Stand Well Back - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/20488.stm The British Broadcasting Corporation explains why the British insist on lighting fires and setting off rockets every November 5.
	The Gunpowder Plot - http://britcult0.tripod.com/history/gp_plot.htm Easy to understand version of the plot.
	Holbeche House - http://www.britannia.com/history/holbeche.html Britannia`s guide to the hideout of the plotters and the siege that followed.

	Guy Fawkes - http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot07/snapshot7.htm Public Record office evidence and documents questioning torture.
	The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/gunpowder_plot_of_1605.htm Simplified explanation of the events and descriptions of the people involved.
	Guy Fawkes Day: Bonfire Night - http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/guyfawkes.htm An easy to follow chronicle of events for the younger ones.
	Physicists Discover Guy Fawkes Would Fave Devastated Westminster - http://physics.about.com/b/a/040095.htm Had the gunpowder plot succeeded, Guy Fawkes would not only have destroyed the old palace of Westminster but would have caused chaos and devastation across central London.
	Gunpowder Find at British Library - http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=435 A short story about the gunpowder that was found in the basements of a library.

	Remember, Remember the 5th of November: - http://britishhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa103101b.htm A historical guide to the events that led to the Bonfire Night celebrations.
	Guy Fawkes - http://www.sgwilkinson.freeserve.co.uk/gfawkes.htm Explaining the signature of Guy Fawkes under torture, with a copy of the original document.

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