First mentioned by William Langland in the late fourteenth century, Robin Hood comes down to us through ballads and folksongs, old chronicles and plays, medieval allusions, folklore and place-names. Today Robin Hood folksongs are found in the USA as well as in England and Scotland, and place-names and traditions are widely located in England.
The earliest stories are centred on Barnsdale in Yorkshire, but later the emphasis shifts to Nottingham and Sherwood Forest.
Originally a yeoman, Robin was upgraded to aristocrat in the sixteenth century, but he remains essentially a champion of the poor and oppressed and a social nonconformer. How far Robin Hood was based on a historical character and how far he is an archetypal outlaw or a Greenwood myth (who must withdraw from society and commune with nature) is the subject of the Doels' wide-ranging study. This new edition is complete with an updated gazetteer of Robin Hood sites and an annotated filmography. It includes almost 50 illustrations (including performances by present-day mummers).
AUTHOR: Fran and Geoff are university lecturers who have published more than 15 books on local history and folklore. They live in Kent.
40 b/w illustrations
By:
Fran Doel, Geoff Doel Imprint: HISTORY PRESS Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 2nd New edition Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN:9780750991407 ISBN 10: 0750991402 Pages: 128 Publication Date:01 September 2019 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Unspecified