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This detail featuring Guy Fawkes of Gunpowder Plot fame is part of a pamphlet published in Germany in 1606 ("Niderlandischer Kriegs-Iournal", VD17 23:232419B). #earlymodern #bookhistory #GuyFawkes

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Daniel Bellingradt 5d ago

And because it is a German print, #GuyFawkes is called Guido in here.

mcdc99 Mar 2

#VForVendetta #GuyFawkes #Anonymous

MikeDunnAuthor Jan 31

Today in Labor History January 31, 1606: Guy Fawkes jumped to his death moments before his execution for treason. Guy Fawkes belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Fawkes, who had converted to Catholicism, also fought in the 80-Years War for Catholic Spain against the Dutch. He later traveled to Spain seeking support for a Catholic rebellion in England. The English tortured him into confessing the names of his co-conspirators. Brits have celebrated Guy Fawkes Day ever since, usually accompanied by fireworks and burning effigies, traditionally the pope, but recently they’ve burned effigies of Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Margaret Thatcher, instead. James Sharpe, professor of history at the University of York, called Fawkes "the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions." Numerous historical novels and children’s books have been written about Fawkes, including William Harrison Ainsworth's 1841 historical romance “Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #guyfawkes #conspiracy #gunpowder #plot #catholic @bookstadon

The Pixel Artist Jan 31

This day in 1606, Guy Fawkes was executed for conspiring to blow up the House of Lords. A stylized mask of his face was popularized in the graphic novel (and film) "V for Vendetta" and has become synonymous with violent revolution against totalitarianism.
#pixelart #GuyFawkes #VForVendetta

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Jan 31

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1606, #GuyFawkes escaped most of his treason sentence for the #GunpowderPlot. He was supposed to be drawn behind a horse, non-lethally half-hanged, emasculated, disemboweled, & hacked into quarters, but broke his neck at the second stage in the execution.

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Thomas Leroy 🍣🐈‍⬛Jan 31

After reading the biographies of Guy Fawkes (whose face inspired the mask) and King James, I don't understand why he was chosen as a symbol of anarchism (he wasn't one).

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#VForVendetta #AlanMoore #DavidLloyd #Comics #Dystopia #GuyFawkes

jobo Jan 31

#Guy #Fawkes

#Explosion und #Mythos

Vor 420 Jahren wollte #GuyFawkes das #Londoner #Parlament #sprengen. Der #misslungene #Anschlag machte ihn zur #legendären #Figur. Am 31. Januar 1606 wurde er #hingerichtet. Sein #Bild lebt #heute in #Protestbewegungen und in der #Popkultur weiter.
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/guy-fawkes-anonymous-v-wie-vendetta-100.html
#GuyFawkesMasken werden häufig bei #Demonstrationen getragen. Die #Aktivisten beziehen sich dabei auf die #Comicverfilmung „V for Vendetta“ ...

#Kalenderblatt

Guy Fawkes wollte das Londoner Parlament sprengen - am 31. Januar 1606 wurde er deshalb hingerichtet

Guy Fawkes wollte das Londoner Parlament sprengen. Der misslungene Anschlag machte ihn zur legendären Figur. Sein Bild lebt heute in Protestbewegungen weiter.

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