Guy Fawkes and the Conspiracy of the Gunpowder Plot
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Using "John Johnson" as a fake name is ballsy as hell
hahaha jesus duck me
Rich Richardson and Dave Davidson agree
@@CorbCorbin You forgot to mention Rob Robinson, he had his hand raised up the back beside Mary Maria Mariabella and Father Frank Frankson.
If you ever get arrested, you just tell the officers you are pregnant, they will handle you with care and generally avoid torture where possible.
Using it as a real name? Even ballsyer.
Ander Andersson agrees
EDIT: Name of many family members of my family in 1800’s lol
anyone else find it kind of ironic that the gunpowder plot was stopped by an anonymous letter, and now guy fawkes is the face of anonymous?
Stoned Song *X-files theme song starts playing*
The LIZARD PEOPLE want to know your location.
Yeah, because finding irony in something, is the same as being a conspiracy nut... Ya'll aren't too bright, are ya?
@pagansforbreakfast much like responding to a 7 month old comment is a sure sign you have no life. Then there's the "pool drool" comment, showing me you're probably at a 2nd grade reading level, as it is the level your insult is at (and that's being generous, unlike any gender endowments you may desire ya bastich)
@@dudepool7530 That's not really ironic, since people use it for its meaning as an attack on the establishment. That's kind of a direct implication, which is the opposite of irony.
Guy Fawkes - The last person to enter Parliament with honest intentions.
saw what you did there
An old saying that is still true
@@stephenking5852 The plotters weren't just intending to just kill the King, they wanted to kill the entire political elite.
@@stephenking5852 Fawkes didn't only target 1 person if the explosion had gone off in the middle of a sitting of Parliament there would have been over 1000 people present probably closer to 2000.
Uh, quite possibly, but sadly for his country; most people who do dumb things regarding politics do these things out of misguided patriotism; and the protestant rebel rulers of England (yeah, you can probably guess pretty accurately which side of this debate I'm on) were in fact a hostile terrorist government of their nation, though they were themselves acting in misguided patriotism on their own part.
Think for instance the tale that both sides of this conflict would well know: the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, the real monster is the serpent who is, or the fallen seraph who's possessing the snake to begin with, telling them a falsehood to get them to act up and make critical misdeeds so it can acquire their souls as a gangster or mafia leader would: through debt and gang favors. A concept that both sides would be very familiar with: pirate tactics of buying out shipping schedules to be able to rob freely at will- indeed, they referred to pirates as the servants of the devil, and rightly so, and witches were members of its gang, same with wizards. That's a brief summary of early N. American era colonization ideas on these things, his day and era of history.
"Bonus Fact"
The "Guy Fawkes Night" left an etymological footprint on English language.
The burning of the dummies of Guy Fawkes, was referred to as "burning the Guy".
This lead to people referring to the dummy itself as "a Guy", and eventually, we refer any male character as "a guy" (as in "I saw three guys waiting at the bus stop").
That's dope
Thanks guy
Im not your buddy guy
I have always found it super weird that we call it Guy Fawkes night. Kind of like if we call VE day, Hitler Day. Or we called Easter, Judas day.
Imagine your actions being so impactful that people some 400 years later wear a mask in your honour. Thats the end goal of life in my opinion.
It's ONLY cuz Elrond is that old Bro
You can kill a man. You can't kill an idea.
Don’t forget the word guy comes from his name.
@@natesmith2408 Lol the idea to re-establish a Catholic monarchy in England? Sorry bud that idea was killed off long ago. People are using Fawkes as some generic anarchy symbol now.
@@aoikemono6414 it's ironic because most of them are militant atheists, yet Fawkes was a staunch Catholic.
11:04 I can see this playing out in my head.
"John... _Johnson?"_
Guy: "I know, I know."
"THAT was the best alias you could come up with?!"
Guy: "Look, I panicked, alright?"
The other conspirators called themselves Dick Richardson and Frankie Franklin. They were doing a bit.
All because King Henry VIII wanted out of his first marriage.
@Jeff Oliver funny because its actually the male genes that determine if a baby is born male or female
@Jeff Oliver would you explain
Jeff Oliver which is ironic because both his daughters became the rulers of England. And also because, women would be better rulers anyways.
So he could finally get Anne into bed. The Church of England was born of Henrys lust for her.
@@crystalraf One daughter was a better ruler, Elizabeth the 1st... Our Freedoms stem from the fact we broke away from Fundamental religious of the Catholic Faith,.... While the Catholic Church imprisoned Galileo, trying to hold on to Fundamental doctrine, England was set on course which eventually led to the Industrial Revolution.... We should never allow Fundamental Religion to gain a foothold again....
GF: "Guy Fawkes? No, my name is John.... Johnson" *facepalm*
Man, that was _Fawked_ up.
Have a like.
Man I see you everywhere
No no no no
FFS... (For Fawkes Sake)
Oslo MGTOW 😂
I learnt about Guy Fawkes at school and I remember being quite traumatised by what happened to him. My teacher showed us a picture of his confession and the signature was like a child's scripple because they had tortured him for days. My horror then intensified when I found out how they executed him and that we still celebrate his horrific death every year on 'fireworks night' by throwing 'Guys' on giant bonfires. Morbid stuff.
right? the God-forsaken Protestants and their ilk of evil-doers will burn forever for their crimes against Fawkes and Gods Own Holy and Apostolic Church
He would've been fine if he didn't try to kill anybody.
too bad you didn't learn the truth-all of it. How Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators were actually Jesuits working on behalf of the Pope. How the most celebrated effigy burned on Guy Fawkes Night was of the pope and what they tried to do to Protestants.
@@animec-dramaskpop6362 Yes, because the people he was trying to kill were so nice.
@@axnoro If you don't try to kill important people you don't get tortured. It's as simple as that. I understand his struggle but he knew the risks of getting caught. His torture isn't any more barbaric than any other torture in history.
It's been a while since I've watched any Biographics videos, no particular reason, just been on a kick of other genres - with fresh ears, I can say that Simon has one of the very best voices in broadcasting. The accent, the delivery, the sonorous tenor, everything just tremendous. Lends animation and authority to the content, for which of course major credit is due to the script writer/historian.
1:30 - Chapter 1 - So, what's up with the catholics ?
5:05 - Chapter 2 - The life of guy fawkes
7:55 - Chapter 3 - The gunpowder plot
16:00 - Chapter 4 - Death & legacy
I grew up down the road from the Himley Woods, where Robert Catesby and the rest of the Gunpowder Plotters were trying to hide, near the Manor of Holbeche. They were eventually rounded up and arrested there. Its said that the horns of their arrestors can be heard in Himley Wood around the anniversary of their arrest. My grandmother was also cared for in the same Holbeche Manor when it was converted into a care home for the elderly
"Some of you are alright, dont go to parliament tomorrow"
Fun fact: one of the plotter descendants, Robert Catsby, is Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow on Game of Thones!! And to top it off, Kit actually played the role of Guy on the BBC historical three-part television miniseries Gunpowder.
Not guy, Robert. The revaluation leader
Yep, Catesby, from his mother’s side, and ironically King Charles on his Paternal side… figure that one out
You English people and your “descendants” are hilarious! Only an English thing forshure because of the crown and “descendants” only matter then🤮🤮🤮
Kit Harington is a descendent of Robert Catesby not Guy Fawkes.
My new favourite CZcams channel!!! So interesting, so much content for a history nerd.
I guess you could say that the History behind this biography is... Epic
Oh for Fawkes Sake!
袁是帅
This made me produce a laugh I didn’t know I was capable of
Your head is immaculate, as a man facing his own follicle challenges, I’m always bumping mine, yours is beautiful. Congratulations sir.
Finally! Thanks guys
Guy Fawkes family crest is a Phoenix. Dumbledore's phoenix is named Fawkes. This man failed his plot but suceeded in echoing his name throughout history.
Posted right after ERB does, so people interested in learning about him now go straight to this video. Smart
This was fascinating!! Thank you Biographics!
Great video Simon! Thank you for doing this topic. I enjoyed it.
Right after the recent ERB!
My Dad found a priest hole hidden away behind the chimney of an old, old estate lodge house he renovated near Birmingham. That was also the house that he, not a superstitious man, swears was haunted and has multiple creepy tales about, interesting place. Sadly we moved out of it when I was only a few months old so I never got to find out for myself :(
Another beautiful English ‘story’! Listening November 5th with fireworks in the background!
this was fun. thank you. i look forward bio-episodes...
Simon my dude, I wish I had you and the channel back in high school xD
@Joseph Wilson Word
I completely agree with you! My history and social studies classes would have been very different if we Simon educated us on the side.
@Joseph Wilson I wish they had laptops back when I was in High school, circa 1966. Hell I wish they had desktop computers, or even computers cheap enough that a common person could afford them. Ah well, we did learn long division, we had to study phonics, spelling, and memorize the multiplication table, of course that was all in grammar school, in High School we were confronted with Geometry Bookkeeping, Chemistry and the study of Government, business law and the problems of democracy. When still in the lower grades, we were confronted with long hand script writing, and it had to be good enough for the teachers to read, lest we fail our classwork and be held back in our grades, this was a horror that was threatened on a weekly basis to some of us. Indeed, we had a tough life, but back then the United States was rated number one in the world when it came to the results of standardized tests, today we fight to be on the list of the top 100 countries. Perhaps I should be thankful that computers were still something that took up large buildings to house and were less powerful then the wristwatch I wear on my wrist today. I used to wonder at the amazement of my father who grew up from 1910 till my birth in 1951, ah the things he saw invented, airplanes, electrical power to homes, the radio, the television, from horses to automobiles. from the first aircraft to the jets that left contrails over our farm.
Was his name Troy Lawrence Palmer?
Hope to see you guys some day do a video on Marcus Aurelius, the Stoic "philosopher king".
You are the ultimate guide for History homework. Thank you.
Nice Video Simon!
I remember celebrating Guy Fawkes Day when my father was stationed at AFCENT in the 80's. I went to an international school for NATO kids and thus we celebrated just about everything. So I predate V for vendetta quite a bit but yes most people I know only learned of it from there and not much past the intro lol.
Great video. I’m an American but in 1976 I lived in New Zealand, and enjoyed their annual Guy Fawkes fireworks.
Another outstanding video! Great job!
Awesome video man
I'd love it if you guys did a video on John Wilkes Booth. His life before the assassination is widely unknown, outside of being an actor.
For those interested in the details of the potential explosion, Richard Hammond has a documentary where they build a replica of the building and actually blow it up with 36 barrels of gunpowder.
Ryan Harger whats it called?
I saw it and it was unbelievable. It would of changed Englands past if it had actually worked.
I remember that....excellent.
The "replica" unfortunatly was a plywood barn ontop a concrete base, also they only used less then half the explosives Guy indended to use in the real deal. If you want to see a big explosion that test was nice, but nothing can be learned from it regarding the real thing.
Thank you for this very interesting post of Guy Fawkes. This has garnered enough interest to keep researching this topic.
I love you guys. Keep 'em coming.
Can you make a biography about the shah of Iran?
40 years have passed sense he was overthrown.
Mr. Golden boy yes please. It would be really cool to see this video.
The Palavis were a puppet monarchy . The Shah of Iran though is largely misunderstood . I agree , let us get the facts .
Since*
41 now.
@@nicolasmlopezz meh
"I'm pretty sure Guy Fawkes had the right idea." Said every American ever.
you mean a religious extremist blowing up people? yeah sounds like somthing that recently happened over there...
@@hernerweisenberg7052 It's almost as if you support the religious oppression by the protestants. Fucking dullard
While we celebrate Columbus…
Great video, Simon!
I really enjoy your programs; all of them! Thanks for the excellent work!
You're good for my brain!
Some things I always find weird about the Plot:
- It was pretty nuts to begin with. It’s unlikely you’d revert the whole country to Catholicism just through killing 200 or so royals and lords. Even if the princess did just forgive you murdering her father and went along with whatever you said.
- The fact that the space under the parliament building was just rented out privately to whoever wanted it. They didn’t think to change this until many years later.
- The plotters knew parliament had been tipped off to a “terrible blow” and decided to carry on regardless. “They probably think it’s a joke…”
- “John Johnson”. He must have crapped himself.
- When the plotters realised Guy had been caught, they didn’t do the sensible thing of running like hell. They minced around for ages, still trying to start a rebellion, implicating other Catholics who didn’t want to get involved, straight-up lying and telling folk the king was dead. All while poor Guy was being racked, refusing to give up his friends who were messing up themselves.
they probably still thought that if they could get enough of an uprising that they could overthrow the government. it's theoretically possible with enough support and there was already a chance they could die just for believing what they believe
I’m a huge fan of your channels! Do you think it would be possible for you to do a bio-vid on Lemmy Kilmister of the band Motörhead!? Great video and as always I look forward to seeing the next one! Cheers!
Good concise compact story! Thank you.
Another good video presentation by Simon.
Your site is an excellent enlightening and I think educational tool. For all ages.
It makes a powerful contribution to keeping history alive.
And delivered with just the right tone. Not smug. And with a sprinkling of humour never out of step nor inappropriate.
Well done from London!
ERB beat ya to it mate
right what a coincidence huh
who?
@@CountlessPWNZ Epic Rap Battles of History
It's bound to happen but it's up to people if they watch one or they other or both
Informative Thank you XXX
hi sir, this is an excellent video, thanks a ton!!
Biographic on Louis Riel, please! Awesome job Biographics.
edit: Makes sense with the Catholic v Protestants. Cause you mentioned the Reformation, Martin Luther as well!
Thank you, now i understand all the references in the ERB.
Very interesting and educational video! I learned something a lot about Guy Fawkes, and the time that he lived in.
So interesting. Thanks for the information. Great video as always ❤
I would love to see you on the JRE. This channel is extremely informative and deserves a much larger audience!
That Guy really Fawkes stuffs up.
@EmperorJuliusCaesar Roma invicta!
As a big fan of yours from the U.S., I must say: You have done the best job on presenting this story, without bias either way, than all other documentaries I have watched on this subject. Thank you.
Great post my friend.
I know you guys produce so much but have you ever thought about doing alternative history videos? For instance, what the world would be like today had the Gunpowder Plot succeeded? I think that'd be another great channel.
No. That is an exercise in complete futility.
As an American I learned about this in the first grade when my father was stationed at the RAF base in Croughton
I thoroughly enjoyed this- bravo, sir!
Great stuff Simon❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍
Cool channel!
Some suggestions:
Yuri Gagarin
The White Rose
Imhotep (or Khufu)
Thomas Andrews
Fun Fact... Robert Catesby is an ancestor of Kit Harrington aka Jon Snow aka The King in the North aka Aegon Targaryan aka The True King of Westeros.
Well done!
I love watching your videos. I hope that you make many more.
I'm not terribly interested in history but you presented this in a thoroughly engaging manner and I watched every minute of it! Well done, sir!
History is like power as knowledge is to power
waitaminit, that means Guy Fawkes day is about celebrating the lack of freedom of religion and a somewhat spineless king
Or perhaps (stay with me), a celebration that all the men, women, and children who would've perished, ya know...didn't.
Except (stay with me), they were trying to blow up parliament, which because it was sexist meant it was really only corrupt male politicians, ya know... duh.
@@ytubeanon Did you even pay attention to the fucking video or did you see the title and come to virtue signal? Parliament was not full of only male politicians (e.g. servants, politicians families, foreign ambassador etc... (granted many of them were corrupt but the same can be said for all empires) and even if it was the death and destruction would not be confined to the Parliament building.
Jacob Hayes yeah look at the one who enforced it’s a QUEEN
That holiday is anti-Catholic.😠
Great video! I did not know much about him. Thank you!
Excellent videos!
Here in Ireland we have bonfire night too but one thing I think we do that they don't in the UK is we hurl items we don't like into the flames like books, broken items of electronics etc.
I always felt bad for the park keepers the next morning, so much to clean up...
I know that in Northern Ireland in summer they try to build bonfires that can reach the moon. 11th of July - great big fire, 12th of July - start collecting pallets for next year's great big fire.
Of all the revolts left to cover, please do the Peasant Revolt's leader, Wat Tyler!
Second
Yes, and the Nat Turner revolt, also, would be a good one.
I simply love your History lessons
...Top shelf for sure.....An ...Thanks very much...From Kentucky USA...!!!
Wow. I have just discovered your channel. Brilliant.
that was awesome thanks for your hard work Lemmy Kilmister would be a good bio
October Rust I agree! We need to get Simon to do a Bio on Lemmy Kilmister!
The Che want to know your location.
Che is dead.
Le_ Alien r/whoooooosh
@@lealien9247 too bad he didn't take communism with him
Che and Guy are both in Hell. 🔥
Very cool info, nice vid
This is amazing!
Saw ERB Guy Fawkes vs Che Guevara
But che would destroy this guy
Guy Fawkes won that rap battle, hands down.
Do Marcus Auerelius next!
Great presentation. Didn't know any of this.
What a great story. I've never really known much about Fawks or that there is an annual celebration about him. Great video. Pleasd do one on the 3 stooges.
Fantastic series - my hats off to you. Thanks for the short biography lessons. Just a suggestion - how about doing a Biographics on Audie Murphy? A great (and positive) character.
aaah nothing like good ole english history! can't be bettered.
Hahaha it sure can
I like ghengis Khan and Germany - east prussia history :)
I've had some great Guy Fawkes nights down here in New Zealand!
Fireworks galore!
Well Done Simon!!
It would be really cool to see a biographic on the Shah of Iran. It’s been 40 years since he was overthrown.
Him and his father; they contrast each other in an interesting way.
Make an episode about J.Edgar Hoover, the first director of FBI.
This is my first Biographics and it was very, very good. Keep up the great work mate.
It's alway nice to see something that reflects my own personal history.
Guy fawkes and Richatd Catesby were the truest Patriots that Britain ever had.
Sancto subito
Nonsense. They were Catholic zealots, wanting to take Britain back to the dark ages.
"They would never seem out of the ordinary"
Uses John Johnson as an alias
Like Rob Roberts or better yet true story , cop asks what's your name son. Robert answers Bob Loblaw
Since father's often name their eldest after themselves this name would not be in anyway out of the ordinary.
It’s that time of year again
Should have waited until today to post this!
Granted, the first time I heard about Guy Fawkes was, indeed, the book and movie V For Vendetta. Both of which I absolutely love. Glad to see a vid on the man behind the plot. So, I guess I’ll insert a quote from the movie here:
“People should not be afraid of their governments…governments should be afraid of their people.”
"We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world."
"John Johnson"
GENIUS
Thanks. I didn't know I needed it until I got it.
Thank you ❤️