Robin Hood: The Life and Legend of an Outlaw

Robin Hood: The Life and Legend of an Outlaw

by Stephen Basdeo
Robin Hood: The Life and Legend of an Outlaw

Robin Hood: The Life and Legend of an Outlaw

by Stephen Basdeo

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Overview

“Impressively researched . . . an extraordinary combination of biography and cultural history” from the author of Heroes and Villains of the British Empire (Midwest Book Review).
 
Robin Hood is a national English icon. He is portrayed as a noble robber, who, along with his band of merry men, is said to have stolen from the rich and given to the poor. His story has been re-imagined many times throughout the centuries.
 
Readers will be introduced to some of the candidates who are thought to have been the real Robin Hood, before journeying into the fifteenth century and learning about the various “rymes of Robyn Hode” that were in existence. This book then shows how Robin Hood was first cast as an earl in the sixteenth century, before discussing his portrayals as a brutish criminal in the eighteenth century. Then learn how Robin Hood became the epitome of an English gentleman in the Victorian era, before examining how he became an Americanized, populist hero fit for the silver screen during the twentieth century.
 
Thus, this book will take readers on a journey through 800 years of English cultural and literary history by examining how the legend of Robin Hood has developed over time.
 
“Here we learn not only about a national hero but also about our rich heritage of literature . . . this really is a worthwhile book, rich in facts and nicely illustrated. If you are interested in literature, history and legends, this book is for you.” —Yorkshire Gazette and Herald
 
“Fun and insightful.” —Adventures of a Tudor Nerd

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526729828
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 11/12/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 20 MB
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About the Author

Dr Stephen Basdeo is Assistant Professor of History at Richmond University (RIASA Leeds). His research interests include Georgian and Victorian medievalism, as well as the history of crime. He has published widely in these areas for both an academic and non-academic audience, and regularly blogs about his research on his website (www.gesteofrobinhood.com). He has published two other works with Pen & Sword: The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler (2018) and The Lives and Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Rogues, and Murderers (2018).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

Introduction viii

Chapter 1 Medieval Poems 1

Chapter 2 Medieval Plays and Ballads 15

Chapter 3 The Early Modern Period 25

Chapter 4 The Eighteenth Century 45

Chapter 5 Revolution and Romanticism 57

Chapter 6 The Victorian Period 81

Chapter 7 The Twentieth Century 106

Chapter 8 The Twenty-First Century 127

Bibliography 134

Index 148

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