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Visions of the Gunpowder Plot

In 1604, a Catholic plot to blow up Parliament was foiled and the conspirators executed. Ever since, “Remember, remember the 5th of November” has been an anti-Catholic mantra in Great Britain. Various dramatic depictions have looked at the Plot from varying perspectives, but one thing is certain: Tudor England was a police state.  [1]