18th century… The Critical Reception of Mrs. Brown of Falkland’s Robin Hood Ballads 16 Sep 201616 Sep 2016 Paper Presented to the Women's History Network Conference, Leeds Trinity University, 16-17 September 2016. Abstract: The earliest ballads of Robin Hood such as A Gest of Robyn Hode (c.1450) and…
11th Century… Review: Paul Kingsnorth’s “The Wake” (2014) 16 Apr 201616 Apr 2016 Paul Kingsnorth, The Wake (Manchester: Unbound, 2014) 372pp. PB £8.99 ISBN 978-1-78352-098-5 Although a review of this work has already been posted on the website of the International Association for…
18th century… Joseph Ritson (1752-1803) 5 Feb 2016 One of the more interesting characters that I have come across in the course of my research is the antiquarian, Joseph Ritson (1752-1803). Ritson was born in Stockton-on-Tees northern England.…
15th Century… “A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode” (c.1450): Alleviating the Fear of Crime in Late Medieval & Early Modern England? 20 Aug 201520 Aug 2015 A purely speculative post - part of a series I'm doing on the late medieval/early modern ballad A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode. See my other one here. Disclaimer: I'm…
