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1、theGunpowderPlotMadeby杨萍（1401班）DoyouknowtheoriginofEngliahBonfireFestivalandWestCountryCarnival?TheWestCountryCarnivalisanannualcelebrationfeaturingaparadeofilluminatedfloatsintheEnglishWestCountry.ThecelebrationdatesbacktotheGunpowderPlotof1605.Theseriesofparadesineachtownnowformamajorregionalfest
2、ival.Andtheevent`spurposeistoraisethousandsofpoundsforlocalcharitiesinthetwo-hourprocession.GunpowderPlotbackgroundCatholics(天主教徒）hopedthattheyearsofpersecution(迫害）theysufferedduringElizabeth`sreignwouldendwhenshewassucceededin1603byJames1.Hismother,Mary,QueenofScotshadbeenadevoutCatholic,andJames`
3、sattitudeappearedmoderate,eventoleratetowardsCatholics.Protestant(抗议的）rulersacrossEuropehadbeenthetargetofseveralassassination（暗杀）attemptsduringthelate16thcentury,anduntilthe1620ssomeEnglishCatholicsbelievedthatregicide(弑君）wasjustifiabletoremovetyrantsfrompower.MuchofJames`spoliticalwritingwasconce
4、rnedwithsuchmatters.Shortlyafterhediscoveredthathiswifehadbeensentarosaryfromthepope（教皇）,JamesexiledallJesuitsrecusancy.Catesbysoonbegantolosepatiencewiththenewdynasty.RobertCatesbyThePictureofTheMainMembersOutlineofGunpowderPlotGuyFawkesisthecharactermostassociatedwiththeplottoblowuptheParliament,
5、howevertheinstigatorwasJesuitpriestRobertParsonsfromNetherStowey,ashortdistancefromBridgwater.ParsonsandhiscolleaguesEdmundCampionandRalphEmersonwereCatholics,whowantedtoputanendtotheProtestantmonarchyandparliamentoftheday,inordertoputanendtoCatholicpersecution.In1580,theywerediscoveredattemptingto
6、garnerfavourwithnorthern-EnglishbasednobilityintheEnglishMission,andwerethenassocistedwiththefailedSpanishArmadaof1588,bothplotstoreplaceprotestantElizabeth1ogEnglandwithcatholicMaryQueenofScots.AfterthedeathsofCampionandEmerson,ParsonscontinuedtoplottorestoreCatholicpowerinEngland,andhanncehislast
7、ill-fatedattemptagainstparliamentandKingJamesVion5thNovember1605.ResultAlettersentanonymouslytoWilliamParker,4thBaronMonteagle,alertedtheauthorities,andontheeveoftheplannedexplosion,duringasearchofParliamen
