tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post6426883981361121634..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Guy Fawkes and Parliament, 1605Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-70891822948058238962013-02-09T22:44:51.845+11:002013-02-09T22:44:51.845+11:00Viola
Thank you.
It seems to me that the second ...Viola<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />It seems to me that the second half of the 17th century was the true start of modernity in Europe, especially Britain. I love reading about the philosophical developments, the wars of religion, architectural movements, The Grand Tour, Huguenots etc etc<br /><br />The Gunpowder plot was of course earlier, but its impact seemed to be ever-lasting.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-41852705275857894622013-02-08T19:10:10.065+11:002013-02-08T19:10:10.065+11:00We were in London last year on Guy Fawkes Night, b...We were in London last year on Guy Fawkes Night, but it seemed rather dull! Maybe it's better in the country - I'd like to see the celebrations at Lewes!<br /><br />Thank you for the interesting article - I love to read about this and your article made it much clearer.Violahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08046603677301666579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-58682362372278301032013-02-08T13:30:59.630+11:002013-02-08T13:30:59.630+11:00Parnassus
Anti-Catholic sentiment was truly very ...Parnassus<br /><br />Anti-Catholic sentiment was truly very very strong, but not, I think, to ridicule religion. <br /><br />The Stuarts were perfectly happy for Italy, Spain and France to remain strongly Catholic, as long as Britain could be devoutly Protestant without interference from abroad. They were in constant fear of muscular Catholicism taking over - violently or otherwise.<br /><br />I personally think the paranoia was a bit overdone, but the Gunpowder Plot proved that behind all paranoia, there is often an element of truth.<br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-87100889977079615012013-02-08T09:23:03.100+11:002013-02-08T09:23:03.100+11:00Hello Hels, It is fascinating to watch these batt...Hello Hels, It is fascinating to watch these battles of religion and politics as they played themselves out in the literature of the period, even in (or especially in) the comic plays. Anti-Catholic sentiment is for the most part manifest, and there seemed to be a license to ridicule religion that I find surprising considering that early date. <br /><br /> Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-85083796084794019852013-02-06T20:28:30.509+11:002013-02-06T20:28:30.509+11:00Student
Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabet...Student<br /><br />Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I for schism and urged the population to rise up against her Protestant Church. From that point on, there was a total fear of Catholic insurrection.. a fear that never reduced. Fear grew when James I came south from Scotland, with the blowing up of Parliament, when James II converted to Catholicism, with later Jacobite Rebellions etc. It seemed to go on and on.<br /><br />Was the fear of Catholicism out of proportion to the real Catholic threat? It is a question that haunted the 17th and 18th centuries.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66419877422616904732013-02-06T14:20:51.277+11:002013-02-06T14:20:51.277+11:00I read what you said about anti-Catholic fever - e...I read what you said about anti-Catholic fever - every Catholic in the nation felt Parliament's horror and the distrust of Protestants everywhere. <br /><br />Probably that seems a bit of overkill. But as you said about Lewes, under a different and earlier queen, heaps of Protestant heretics s had been burned at the stake.Student of Historynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-55536138921332567202013-02-06T01:08:16.842+11:002013-02-06T01:08:16.842+11:00Andrew
Funny that you should mention King Richard...Andrew<br /><br />Funny that you should mention King Richard III :) I know nothing much about European history before the first day of Stuart rule, but I get much stronger as we move to the Civil War and beyond.<br /><br />Still, I have a post coming up that discusses King Richard III. The post was written ages ago, but the timing, as it turns out, is perfect :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12873795248684988232013-02-05T22:05:24.198+11:002013-02-05T22:05:24.198+11:00Hels, between you and the BBC Witness podcasts, I ...Hels, between you and the BBC Witness podcasts, I am learnin' rather a lot. It is funny how you know about things, but you don't know the background. Whatever will you come up with next? A fifteenth century king found under a Leicester car park? How improbable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-84278700595305269902013-02-05T19:55:45.083+11:002013-02-05T19:55:45.083+11:00Jane and Lance
the Lewes story seems to have very...Jane and Lance<br /><br />the Lewes story seems to have very little to do with Guy Fawkes and the plot to blow up Parliament. <br /><br />On one hand, the Sussex Martyrs of the mid 16th century were Protestants who were burned at the stake as heretics on Queen Mary's instructions. The flaming Lewes crosses are still carried in their memory. <br /><br />On the other hand, 19th century Lewes seemed to enjoy an evening of scenes of booze, anti-Catholic violence and class warfare. Hopefully Sussex citizens are a bit better hehaved now.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80317106806644184002013-02-05T18:47:46.142+11:002013-02-05T18:47:46.142+11:00Hello Hels:
Of course we have been brought up with...Hello Hels:<br />Of course we have been brought up with 'history' lessons on the Gunpowder Plot but never, until now, have we understood fully all of the various ramifications. It is all most intriguing and certainly suggests spies and counter agents.<br /><br />The town of Lewes, close to us in Brighton, celebrates November 5th. in a very extravagant way which has become quite famous throughout the south of England. We are uncertain as to why.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com