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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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