Wars, Massacres and Murder: Catholics v Protestants
In 1605 religion and faith were central to people's daily
lives. Most people living in Europe at that time were either
Catholic or Protestant.
England was a Protestant country, but many people who lived
in England were Catholic. Catesby and his fellow plotters
were Catholics, desperate for change and desperate for the
freedom to worship the way they wanted to.
By the time of the Gunpowder Plot
the two groups had been at war with each other for many years
and thousands of people had been killed.
The pictures below will give you an idea of the awful crimes
being carried out by both Protestants and Catholics.
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| The Massacre
of St Bartholomew's Day, 24 August 1572, Trustees of The
British Museum |
Theatre des Cruatez des Heretiques
by Richard Verstegan, 1607. By permission of the British Library.
A Catholic journalist
called Richard Verstegan kept a record of Protestant atrocities.
The picture above shows an attack on a Catholic monastery,
with Protestants torturing and murdering the monks.
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