Ancient History… Dimas and Gestas: Bandits Crucified with Christ 13 Jun 2018 By Stephen Basdeo Banditry and outlawry always flourish whenever and wherever the state is weak and/or unwilling to enforce its laws. Medieval England is a prime example of this, and…
16th Century… ‘By god that dyed on a tree’: Crux Simplex in “A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode” (c.1450)? 16 Aug 201516 Aug 2015 A purely speculative post; I am not a medieval historian or linguist, and this is just something I've noticed whilst reading A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode (1510). I may…
