Who Was Guy Fawkes? - Anglophenia Ep 18
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- Remember, remember the 5th of November: Guy Fawkes is one of Britain’s most infamous figures. Who’s the man behind the mask made famous by V For Vendetta and the protest group Anonymous? Siobhan Thompson explains.
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The last man to enter parliament with honest intentions.
Salut :)
Excellent comment. 👍
true
yeah... as honest as blow up the parliament... establish a catholic state.. and put england back under the control of Rome... the pope... if you think religion... or rather the catholic church controlling every aspect of your life.. then sure.. id say he was honest... xb
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Guy Fawkes, as they say, was "the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions." XD
wtf are you saying lol. He was a terrorist
The leader of the labour party has terrorist friends so not much has changed
It wasn’t even guy fawkes plan at all it was Robert catesby plan get the facts right lady. Just saying
@Aaron NoneYa none of you know what terrorism means obviously. Its violent political action by NON state actors. By definition a governing entity vmvannot practice it. Doofus.
Michiel de Ruyter every revolution was technically terrorism.
Man I remember this day well.
Lol and so you should
So close aswell wish you'd have been successful
Guy Fawkes boy we got the same name
Fake the real one got hung
I want an alternate history film based on the November 5th plot succeeding.
I’m here because of ERB
100% same
Poor old John Johnson.
Ha
Same LMAO
😂😂
1:27
Officer: "What's your name, Sir?"
Fawkes: "John Johnson."
Officer: "What are you doing here, Mr Johnson?"
Fawkes: "I'm just waiting for a mate!"
Me: you'll probably not like him since he trying to blow you up and all
Ihr Nutzername.
Oh, that is why Fawkes said "Is it the fifth of November cause I am on fire!!"
i came from ERB too
oh FOR FAWKES SAKE!! I will remember the 5TH of NOVEMBER!!
pvtrichter88 for Fawkes sake seriously
Nicely done... I like your presentation style... doesn't get boring, very entertaining.
And of course... it's always pleasant to see such a lovely face.
Thanks for the video Siobhan, I was looking for something interesting on the subject for my EFL students to watch!
Charming and very interesting! Thank you so much!
I like your videos :) they're really educational. Keep up the good work!
we learn, we laugh and have fun with Angloohenia. And the host... beatiful and smart. Thank you very much
i love bonfire night but bloody hell do they have to do it weeks after lol
Lizibeth Jansen my birthday is on bonfire night
Excellent as always, thanks!
Girls: "eww, she's wearing the same dress as me"
Boys: 00:57
Fawkes was a phoenix......................
;)
Dang son
Damn
Helen Elgie HARRY POTTER
Helen Elgie in Harry Potter
Alright,I would first like to say that I adore your videos and that I find them to be a great insight to both British life and history and I am looking forward to seeing more of your posts. Having said that, I would like to point out just one tiny thing that, as an American, I feel that I can't let slide and I do hope will not make me appear snooty or quite rude.
We Americans tend to call our celebration on the July 4th either, 'Independence Day' or 'The Fourth of July' much like your 'Fifth of November' or 'Guy Fawkes Day'.
Again, thank you for taking the time to research, record, and post these videos! I look forward to watching them!
+Rachel Eichler (Rebekah Oakman) *Bonfire night* has nothing to do with "British people ignoring other British people to become americans".
+Andy English I don't understand where you got that quote. She's explaining that we say "Fourth of July" for the holiday, whereas "July fourth" just sounds like the date. It's correcting the phrasing at 2:49. Who said anything about bonfire night being about the British trying to be American?! Most Americans don't even know what it is, for Pete's sake!
caileansmith lol! 😂 Got it! It might be a long to still be licking that wound, huh? You can't blame me for not thinking of it first!
Her correction *was* on point tho. "July fourth" was strange to hear. Since the video explains a British holiday to non-Brits, it's only fair we also correct the American holiday she herself referenced for comparison.
I call it July 4th because we didn't get our independence for years after we made the declaration, kind of like Ireland.
Just wanted to take the time to tell you that I love the channel, some details on Britain in its old colonial days in South East Asia and the East Indies would be swell I mean think about how much content those parts of the British Empire encompasses from the East Indian Trading Co. etc
My birthday is 5th of November, thought I should know more about this xD
Kiyo my mom’s birthday is November 5 lol
Guy falls night is awesome it is really just an excuse to have a big family dinner and set of fireworks and sparklers.
A Scorpio! 😀
Kiyo OMG SAME! MY BIRTHDAY IS ALSO NOVEMBER 5TH!
Another example of use of the Guy Fawkes mask is by the EDM act Nicky Romero czcams.com/video/KrVC5dm5fFc/video.html
I am an admirer of your King Alfred the Great. I would love it if you could do an episode on him. I'd also be interested in learning more about Caedmon, or even the Venerable Bede. Thanks, Siobhan.
Love these!
Really excellent Guy Fawkes lesson, I will pass it on to my American friends...Thank You!
thanks for this knowledge, I have felt for a long time that people who use the image of the Fawkes mask had no real clue about the actual story or any principles actually held by the man. I have never had much emotional/intellectual need to look the facts up myself, but was glad to get a quick reference point!
That's interesting, I know about the Bon Fire night but I've never really knew the history of his mask and that is all connected. Thank you 😊
I once read that during the first phase of the execution, the half-hanging part, Guy Fawkes was able to cause his neck to snap and died from that, sparing him the horrific cruelty of drawing and quartering.
Dorothyellen w he actually killed himself before the executions started he jumped off of the scaffolding and broke his neck but really guy fawkes didn’t even spear head the plot. Robert cokspy (I think that’s how you spell it) did and a few other men guy was recruited later on
You speak so clearly. Thank you for the info :)
Actually by either weakness from torture or by deliberate intent Fawkes managed to avoid the last parts of his execution by jumping or falling from the scaffold and breaking his own neck so in actual fact Fawkes was hanged rather than hung drawn and quartered. He was the last to be executed of the group. The others were less fortunate and were all hung, drawn and quartered.
He was still quartered after his suicide jump.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Guy Fawkes was sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered on January 31, 1606, after being found guilty of treason for his part in the gunpowder plot.
Fawkes was discovered in a cellar below Parliament on November 5, 1605, with 36 barrels of gunpowder which he intended to use to assassinate King James I and his entire government.
He, like several other surviving plotters, was sentenced to be drawn by horse to the place of execution before being hanged.
He was then to be cut down, before death, and have his genitals cut off and burned before his eyes.
And his bowels and heart were to be removed before he was decapitated and cut into quarters.
But on the day, Fawkes cheated the executioner by jumping from the scaffold as he climbed the hanging platform while wearing the noose, breaking his neck and killing himself instantly.
His body was still quartered with body parts distributed to "the four corners of the kingdom".
His fate came after seeing fellow conspirators Thomas Wintour, Ambrose Rookwood, and Robert Keyes were hanged and quartered.
My birthday is 5th November so now I get fireworks every year thanks to this! ;)
Ah! Good old Guido Fawkes, the only man to enter parliament with good intentions.
i loled too hard on this jokle
What does it mea
you are the 3rd person to write that.
The *last man
"yearning to get to the bottom of" did anyone has ever heard something like this in the internet before? love your rhetorics!
Great video. I did not know about the Gunpowder Rebellion - thanks for the history lesson! :)
YOU ARE AMAZING - i LOVE your videos :-)
One of my ancestors spent some time in King James's prison because of being Catholic. I'm so thankful that being a member of the wrong church won't get you thrown in prison or drawn and quartered anymore. Not here anyways.
Lovely explanation. Thank you!
Thank you for the information. Most sites give the legend more
There is a nod to Guy Fawkes in the second line ("a penny for the Old Guy") of e. e. cummings' poem, "Hollow Men" that concludes with "this is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper".
Yay! she recited my favorite poem.
I'd love to see an explanation of British universities, and especially the difference between the bachelor's and the masters degrees that are given to undergraduates. In America, a bachelor's is a four year degree, but I think in England it's three.
I don't think this channel is still making videos but I'd love to hear an non-boring explanation of the York vs. Lancaster battles in English history.
For some real fun, check out an ITV special Richard Hammond did in 2005 about the Gunpowder Plot, where they build a replica of the House of Lords, gather up those thirty-six barrels of gunpowder, light the fuse, and, y'know, see what would've happened...
A medium said guy fakes was in the catacombs she sensed him there along with a lot of tortured souls.
It's funny that people crusading for "democracy, justice and freedom" nowadays take on the likeness of a person we imagine to have been this great freedom loving radical, when he was actually a religious extremist. Shows you how funny history and context work...
Also, I think this is an awesome excuse for a holiday. It's great to have such a strong shared connection with the past.
I think its more like he was willing to go to extremes to do what he felt was best and died for it. Besides, it's a cool look.
dunnowy123 I heard a different story on why we (the British people) celebrate the 5th of November, when Guy Fawkes was captured he was then tortured, now imagine the techniques in them days, really painful and horrible, however, Guy never once mentioned his co conspirators, and then was hung, word of this got out to the people and they celebrated 5th of November for the fact that 1 man went through so much pain (and tried to remove parliament) and never spoke a word about the others involved ..... true ?
***** History is written by the victor. We will never know what truly happened. Only what the powers that be wanted everyone to believe.
sc0pl355 I agree, either story still means we have a fantastic event on the 5th November. Plus it produced a great film in V for Vendetta.
***** Two big pluses. It's still an amazing story either way.
Thanks for the explanation. I'm really enjoying these episodes of Anglophenia! One thing I've wondered - Why do the British and Canadians refer to he last letter of the alphabet as "Zed" while Americans call it "Zee"? Perhaps it'a case of greener pastures, but This American thinks "zed" sounds better than "zee".
Great stuff...
Penny for your Fawkes.
Paul Smith Thank God he didn't succeed.
It's a penny for the guy
+becker boo; Yep Britains biggest extortion racket perputrated by little children in the persuance of obtaining weapons of mass destruction (fireworks). lol The kids in my neigbourhood were so succesful ; they could have startd their own gunpowder plot.
I know it was a while back, but I'm assuming OP was making a joke about "penny for your thoughts" and "penny for the guy", by combining them into "penny for your Fawkes".
Very good.
i still have a romantic idea of this fawks character, inspires the fighter we have in ourselves, as it might be said...Remember, remember...the fifth of November...
Kurt Lundstedt Maybe in a few hundreds years time people will remember the people who flew planes into the twin towers romantically.
+Nyctohylophiliac People already do. One man's terrorist will always be someone else's freedom fighter, unfortunately.
Remember remember the inside job of 9/11.
Sudden Siobhan from college humor is sudden 😄
The idea presented at the end of V for Vendetta was that it didn't matter who was behind the mask, it could be anyone. The movie sadly labours (no pun intended) that point however it's difficult to see how Anonymous could have been unaware of it.
I always learn something from watching, Siobhan. Thank you. Who knew that potatoes cooked over an open fire were considered a treat in England? Only Brits could get excited over that--or possibly the Irish...."Mummy, hand me a warm potato, 'tis a holiday after all!"
Thank you. I had wondered what the fuss was all about.
Not sure if you have touched upon this subject, but how about a video about Boudica?
and queen cartimandua
Agreed
I like this one. If nothing else, to clear up how to pronounce her bloody name.
properly because it would feature too much rape
CaptApril Actually, even in Britain the pronunciation is a case of serious debate, most people use one of four names, Bodica, Boudica (Bu-Di-Ka), Bodicea (Bow-Di-See-A) and Boudicea (Bu-Di-See-A). So yeah, getting an actual pronunciation will be impossible, since even the romans couldn't do it, and it's an ancient Celtic name that has slowly been watered down throughout the years.
Do you have a video for people who might want to emigrate from the USA to the UK?
I would be nice if you did a vid on the changes of the royal family's last name over the years.
maybe in the future he will be celebrated as a hero...
He's kinda a Hippocrate
+Sbaby Vs God yo know the whole likes kill everyone that doesn't agree with me and just because a stranger I never met is the same religion as me we should spare him
Sbaby it wasn’t him who sent the letter it was one of his fellow conspirators
What you mean with „future“?
1:31 The graphic is of the current parliament building, not the 1605 building! In addition it is thought that the explosives were stored in an undercroft and not a cellar
I didn't know that Siobhan had a channel.
so helpful
old . short but gold
He was the last honest person to enter parliament.
thanks!
I always thought Guy Fawkes was celebrated pretty much everywhere. What countries actually celebrate it? We celebrate it in New Zealand.
+Raphael Franks It used to be celebrated a bit in Australia.
You don't hear about it much nowadays in Aus. Kinda like New Zealand, we generally pretend you and England don't exist and that we are American.+Raphael Franks
Raphael Franks first time I hear about this, and I'm from Spain
Good job
This reminds me of one of BBC Sherlock episode.
Wonderful! I get the feeling you may be a Whovian..... time for a Doctor Who episode?
It's does sound sinister. The first time I learned about Guy Fawkes Day was in High School and more recently, I saw it depicted in an episode of Sherlock.
I am wondering why grapes seem to be taken to people who are in the hospital? I have noticed it in several TV shows, and it seemed to be traditional??
The reason I'm still living 🙏
That’s just sad
Siobhan!
I bet nobody was expecting the Spanish Inquisition but ... the Spanish king who appears is not Phillip III, but his father Phillip II as a young man. The red and yellow flag of Spain which appears was not adopted until the late 18th century. The coat of arms which appears on the flag is of the current Bourbon king and obviously not of the Hapsburgs which ruled at the time. At that time Spain did not exist as a state but was rather a personal union of several kingdoms, like England and Scotland were not one kingdom but two kingdoms with a common monarch. This should never be forgot or forgotten.
what is the illuminati plz make a vid plzzzzzzz
Thank You Day Walker
Siobhanh, is there different American/British usage of the past tense of hang? As I learned it pictures are hung, but people are hanged.
I was searching through the comments to know about the "one penny for Guy", but didn't find anything. Can anybody help?
What was Paul Dirac accent sound like? He was from Manchester.
The guy who was called thomas winter, has the same name as me as u can see as above... Very unfortunate... On November 5th... But his name is disputed as between winter and wynter.
V for ventetta came out in 2005
Fawkes was hanged, drawn and quartered, but he died (mercifully) during the hanging stage. Normally people were cut down from the gallows before death, then drawn (pulled by horse to another location strapped to a hurdle), and then quartered (disemboweled and chopped into four pieces).
I thought he jumped from the scaffolding where he was going to be hanged and snapped his neck
The drawn part is the disemboweling.
brilliant movie
I love bonfire night :) I miss it now I don't live in the UK, it was just so much fun outside by the fire with friends and family watching the fireworks and eating campfire food and homemade fudge and toffees, such a cosy fun event. For ages I thought we were celebrating he fact he tried to blow up parliament... not that he failed :P
Is bon fire night in celebration of guy in the way that they are for what he did or against it n they are celebrating his death ??
Please create a video explaining this overused phrase: KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. I know why this was used but many have no idea. please, make a video about this. Thank you😎
keep calm and carry on was the words of a poster that was supposedly put up throughout britain during the blitz in 1939, it was basically a way of trying to increase the morale of citizens during the bombings, they were quite recently rediscovered so im assuming thats why it has become popular all these years later :D
My understanding was that this was a phrase to be put on posters in the event of a successful German invasion during WW II
johnwsf oh really, thats also a very logical reason for the posters, i suppose that must also have been an option and if anything the message would make more sense had that of happened, as i personally know it, the posters were created as a means to boost morale during the blitz, only to be put into cold storage and used after serious bombing raids, however a series of complaints regarding cost and resources of the "keep calm" campaign meant it was scrapped all together!! thank you for that interesting point of view!!
Siobhan!!!!
guy fawkes.....last man to enter parliament with honest intentions
not you too. That must be 4 now.
@@fionagregory8078 Why? Did 222caribou try to enter the parliament with honest intentions too?
Guy Fawkes actually avoided the pain of the drawn and quartered bit of his execution by jumping off the scaffold while he had the rope around his neck. This broke his neck rather than having him experience the slow strangulation that would nearly, but not quite kill him before having his entrails pulled out while he was still alive.
Reallt?+Jeff Walker
3:35 I cannot hear properly..
“Group at live protests”?
You mention the older pagan effigy burning custom .. I think that's highly relevant and adds an extra layer of meaning but in a new context. Given that James I had been trying to stamp out paganism for years (already in Scotland, witch hunts etc) and strengthen Christian observance, it seems to me that instituting Guy Fawkes night was actually a way do divert the people FROM the celebration of Samhain.. make it a week later with a different goal and one the people can rally around (the threat of terrorism)
You seem very knowledgeable about pagan customs. You should make a video about them. I for one would find it really interesting to learn more. I know that Christmas and Easter replaced older pagan customs but I was not aware that guy Fawkes night did. What about things like whit and bank holidays? What are their origins?
Lovely explanation, as you are, but you forgot to mention that the ubiquitous word _guy_ as in bloke, chap, comes from the man himself, Guy Fawkes!
What about one about the Danish kings like Canut and stuff
It's saying if you are in lewes, near Brighton, in England, on bonfire day it is LITERALLY the best bonfire night EVER, in the entire world. No but really. We through small bombs in the street and burn HUGE models of politicians we hate and sometimes we get the next day off work/school. It's awesome.
It’s Siobhan from Collegehumor!!!! ☺️
It's my great grandma's 92cnd birthday
happy birthday!!!
+Quack Dragon happy B- DAY to your great gran !! I remember this story or some variation on it! remember remember The fifth of November !! enjoy!!!
I wanted to learn about Guy Fawkes, and I see Stephane from ColegeHumor on this Channel
i feel so terrible for doing this, but for the first time in my life, i am first!
It's ok, don't hate yourself lol
i feel so terrible for doing this, but for the first time in my life, i am twentieth!
don't feel bad, you're an utter winner
Yah, it is a bit silly to type, FIRST!, but not the worst thing a person can do. I've been tempted the few times when nobody had commented yet. But I always control myself because I figure there are 10 other people typing FIRST! just as I start and there's will show up before mine. It's bad enough writing FIRST!, but it's worse to post it and not actually be first.
Pointes pinkie or no pointed pinkie when drinking tea?
Okay, Siobhan, you asked for comments about topics we want to hear more of.
TEA and the British. I think you owe us at least one video dedicated to the British and their tea. Ask Americans about the Brits, and that's sure to be one subject that comes up. Do all Brits like tea? Why? How early do you begin drinking it? Is tea better in Britain than over here? Do Brits regard teabags as an abomination or are they okay with them? Are most Brits still familiar with the concept of "tea time," or has that gone the way of Jane Austen? Are more Brits starting to drink coffee now that Starbucks seems to be taking over the world? "Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera," as the King of Siam said.
I'm british and I don't like tea (at least not regular tea, I have some ginger 'tea' which is rather nice but it has never seen a tea leaf). My parents are addicted to the stuff though I think, they are making their next cuppa before the one they have is getting cold! They use tea-bags and they re-use them. We know what tea-time is (I do it everyday around 4 ish but I have hot choc instead of tea). And finally I don't drink coffee either, at least not much, for some reason it tends to make me feel a bit down, so I'll only drink it if I think the enjoyment of the coffee will be worth the meh feeling I'll have for the rest of the day.
dadeskr Thank you so much for this glimpse into your world--I enjoyed reading it very much. I'm still hoping Siobhan decides to run with the topic of tea. C'mon, Siobhan, do your magic with the tea leaves. Incidentally, I think I'm addicted to ginger. Candied preserved ginger is exquisite. Most of those I've shared it with, however, would disagree, based on the animated retching minidrama that always seems to follow. ~fume~
Oooh candied ginger is delicious :)
There was a documentary on the BBC on this subject called Victoria Wood's Nice Cup of Tea. I found it really interesting. You can watch it here watchserieshd.eu/?s=nice+cup+of+tea&search=
gsp0113 i agree i hope siobhan will do a video on us british and our tea, but i fear that pretty much ALL stereotypes in that regard are correct, tea is an absolute staple in british culture, hard to find a house without teabags, and generally all are made with tea, milk and sugar (1 or 2 sugars is usual)!! "Tea Time" is more often used instead of "dinner time" as some of us also call dinner "tea", thats when your more likely to hear "tea time" used, in terms of drinking tea, there is no set time i personally wake up and the first thing i make is a cup of tea, on average drinking 4-5 cups a day which im sure is pretty usual, in fact time to boil the kettle and make a brew, enjoy anglophenia my colonial cousin :D
hell yeah!
interesting never knew the connection with the mask
Dear Anglophenia - I'd like to know the origin of the "traditional" Christmas ghost story, please!