We Burned the Pope?! Guy Fawkes, Treason & England's Flaming Tradition

For centuries, England has turned fire into theatre, protest, punishment and celebration. From the failed Gunpowder Plot to the burning of papal effigies - I trace the fiery origins of effigy burning in England, and explore how one of the most notorious traitors in British history set in motion a yearly ritual burning that we still celebrate today. 'Remember, remember, the 5th of November...' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children Preparing for Guy Fawkes Night celebrations https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Torture rack in the Tower of London https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b..., via Wikimedia Commons Sheares Bible Gunpowder Plot https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Hispalois, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Guy Fawkes night at Chirk: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..., Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..., Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Guy Fawkes Night at Caerphilly: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Geoff Charles, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Guy Fawkes Night in Caernarfon: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Geoff Charles, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Children from Bontnewydd, Caernarfon, collecting for the “Guy”: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Geoff Charles, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Celebrating Guy Fawkes night and pictures of the pop singer Mike Hudson: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Guy on the bonfire: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Arthur Kerensa, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Penny for the guy: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., paddy patterson from Ayr, Scotland, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Guy Fawkes Effigy by William Warby: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., William Warby, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Plant y Bontnewydd Caernarfon yn casglu i'r ‘Guy’: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., Geoff Charles, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons The Poor House: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..., The Illustrated London News, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons