Comic History of England… The Comic History of the Peasants’ Revolt 17 Apr 2021 For Pen and Sword Books I am producing a new annotated edition of The Comic History of England (originally published in 1846). I thought I’d give readers a taste of…
Chartism… The Glorious Trio: Robin Hood, Wat Tyler, and Hereward the Wake 8 Apr 2021 I recently had the honour to have a chapter appear in a book edited by Mike Sanders (Twitter @bronterre1) and David Matthews titled Subaltern Medievalisms: Medievalism 'from Below' in Nineteenth-Century…
Ernst Junger… The Forest Rebel 20 Feb 202120 Feb 2021 “His hand was against every man, and every man's hand against him”—Genesis “The world was not his friend, nor the world’s law”—Shakespeare A German academic, colleague and close friend, Alexander Wimmer (LMU Munich), recently…
1817… How Robert Southey avoided getting “Cancelled” 27 Aug 202027 Aug 2020 By Stephen Basdeo The following is an adaptation of some of the material in my book The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler (2018). You’re an up-and-coming…
19th Century… Playing Robin Hood in the Victorian Nursery 21 Jun 202021 Jun 2020 By Stephen Basdeo Thomas Rowland argues that for most of the “mythic” outlaw’s history, “Robin was much more a character of ludic texts, of play games and festival culture, than…
1381… “The Life and Death of Jacke Straw” (1593) 17 May 202017 May 2020 By Stephen Basdeo The following is an excerpt from my book: The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler (2018). It is available to buy from the publisher…
