Robin Hood: The Shaping of the Legend, Vol. 92
Among the narrative traditions of the Middle Ages, the Robin Hood legend holds a unique, important, and often overlooked position. Robin Hood's uniqueness and importance begins with his status as the only English contribution to world mythology. His is also the only lasting myth to arise from the High Middle Ages and the last Western legend to achieve a sustained international appeal. Several Robin Hood ballads survive from the Middle Ages, and from the 15th to the 17th centuries he figured...
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Charts the genesis and development of the Robin Hood legend from the Middle Ages through 1700.
MapsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction11Robyn Hod in Scherewod Stod112Robin Hoodes Daye613Rather a Merry than a Mischievous Thief1054Vain Tales of Robin Hood143App. ARobin Hood Games171App. BThe Edinburgh Riots of 1561193Selected Bibliography197Index203
