Robin Hood
Robin Hood

Author: David Baldwin

Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781445602813

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The identity of Robin Hood is one of the great historical mysteries of English history - until now. Everyone has heard of Robin Hood, the brilliant archer who 'robbed the rich to give to the poor' and who always triumphed over the forces of evil, but the man behind the legend is as mysterious as King Arthur. There were outlaws who lived in the royal forests preying on unwary travelers, and Robin Hoods whose names are recorded in historical documents: but no one has been able to prove that one of these real Robins was the individual whose exploits were commemorated in ballad and song. David Baldwin sets out to find the real Robin Hood, looking for clues in the earliest ballads and in official and legal documents of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. His search takes him to the troubled reign of King Henry III, his conclusions turn history on its head and David Baldwin reveals the name of the man who inspired the tales of Robin Hood.

Robin Hood
Robin Hood

Author: Stephen Knight

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780801438851

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In this engaging and deeply informed book, Knight looks at the different manifestations of Robin Hood at different times and places in a mythic biography with a thematic structure. Illustrations.

Robin Hood
Robin Hood

Author: Scott Allen Nollen

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13:

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From Errol Flynn to Kevin Costner to Daffy Duck, the bandit of Sherwood Forest has gone through a variety of incarnations on the way to becoming a cinematic staple. The historic Robin Hood--actually an amalgam of several outlaws of medieval England--was continually transformed by oral tradition to become the romantic and deadly archer-swordsman who robbed from the rich to give to the poor. This image was reinforced by popular literature, song and, in the 20th century, cinema. This volume provides in-depth information on each film based on the immortal hero. In addition, other historical figures such as Scottish rebel-outlaws Rob Roy MacGregor and William Wallace are examined. Nollen also explores nontraditional representations of the legend, such as Frank Sinatra's Robin and the Seven Hoods and Westerns featuring the Robin Hood motif. A filmography is provided, including production information, and the text is highlighted by rare photographs, advertisements, and illustrations.

Robin Hood
Robin Hood

Author: Paul D. Storrie

Publisher: Graphic Universe

Published: 2008-02-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 0822565722

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Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived in Sherwood Forest as an outlaw dedicated to fighting tyranny. Presented in comic book format.

Rymes of Robyn Hood
Rymes of Robyn Hood

Author: Richard Barrie Dobson

Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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Eminent historians piece together the evidence and illustrate, through a critical edition of the ballads, the development of the Robin Hood myth from his medieval portrayal as a common criminal to his Victorian idealisation as a rustic hero.

Storyworlds of Robin Hood
Storyworlds of Robin Hood

Author: Lesley Coote

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Published: 2020-04-13

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1789142695

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Robin Hood is one of the most enduring and well-known figures of English folklore. Yet who was he really? In this intriguing book, Lesley Coote reexamines the early tales about Robin in light of the stories, both English and French, that have grown up around them—stories with which they shared many elements of form and meaning. In the process, she returns to questions such as where did Robin come from, and what did these stories mean? The Robin who reveals himself is as spiritual as he is secular, and as much an insider as he is an outlaw. And in the context of current debates about national identity and Britain’s relationship with the wider world, Robin emerges to be as European as he is English—or perhaps, as Coote suggests, that is precisely the quality which made him fundamentally English all along.

Robin Hood
Robin Hood

Author: Jim Bradbury

Publisher:

Published: 2012-10-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781445608600

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? Fascinating exploration of the man and the myth

Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales
Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales

Author: Thomas E. Kelly

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 746

ISBN-13:

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Although nearly everyone has heard the name of Robin Hood, few have actually read any medieval tales about the legendary outlaw. Stephen Knight and Thomas Ohlgren set out to correct this discrepancy in their comprehensive collection of all pre-seventeenth-century Robin Hood tales. The editors include such other "outlaw" figures as Hereward the Wake, Eustache the Monk, and Fouke le Fitz Waryn to further contextualize the tradition of English outlaw tales. In this text the figure of Robin Hood can be viewed in historical perspective, from the early accounts in the chronicles through the ballads, plays, and romances that grew around his fame and impressed him on our fictional and historical imaginations. This edition is particularly useful for classrooms, with its extensive introductions, notes, and glosses, enabling students of any level to approach the texts in their original Middle English.