A 16th-century gold ring linked to the infamous Gunpowder Plot goes to auction this month. It's expected to fetch £12,000 ...

"Remember, remember the fifth of November" is a turn of phrase etched in the brains of millions. The plan was to assassinate James I and overthrow the government in one swift move during the Opening ...

When Gunpowder premieres on HBO Dec. 18, viewers will be expecting action-packed drama. But, this drama comes with a side of very real history, and Robert Catesby from Gunpowder is a real person. In ...

William Shakespeare wrote ‘King Lear,’ ‘Macbeth,’ and ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ as London reeled from the foiled 1605 Gunpowder ...

A gold ring discovered by metal detectorist Andrew Rose near Robert Catesby's birthplace in England may be linked to Guy Fawkes' infamous 1605 Gunpowder Plot conspiracy. Catesby was a leader of the ...

From Britain's distant Viking past right up to the D-Day landings, here are 15 of the most common misconceptions that many ...

The year is 1605, and – aided by 20 actors, and stunning projections, lighting and sound – the audience is plunged into a “treacherous realm”, in which “Protestants and Catholics are teetering at the ...

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A crucifix that once belonged to a priest executed after England’s notorious Gunpowder Plot is currently on display in the country’s oldest still operating convent, located ...

Cecil shows James the Letter about the Gunpowder Plot. Cecil takes his intelligence letter about the Gunpowder Plot to King James I directly. He knows that James will only get involved with the ...

An interdisciplinary seminar at the Folger Institute examines terrorism — historical and contemporary — on the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot When scholars gathered in the basement of the ...

Xand Van Tulleken and Tracy Borman examine the plot to kill James I by blowing up the House of Lords when the king would be present for the State Opening of Parliament. They follow Robert Catesby and ...