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18th century…

John Winstanley’s Robin Hood Poems

7 Jul 2019
By Stephen Basdeo This article originally appeared on the IARHS Website) Rosemary Mitchell argues that during the eighteenth century, artists and writers when representing the medieval period did not strive…
18th century…

Robin Hood, a Foundling

27 May 201927 May 2019
By Stephen Basdeo As one of England’s most famous historical figures, the name of Robin Hood appears in countless records. The first record we have of a man named Robin…
18th century…

“Confusion, horror, and bloodshed”: Joseph Ritson’s Eye-Witness Account of the Gordon Riots in 1780

12 Jan 201912 Jan 2019
By Stephen Basdeo Unless you have been living under a rock, you will have noticed that across the English Channel in France, quite a few people are very, very annoyed…
18th century…

Jack ‘Sixteen-String’ Rann (1750–74)

23 Apr 2018
The eighteenth century was without a doubt the golden age of highwaymen, being the era in which robbers such as Jack Sheppard (1702–24), Dick Turpin (1705–39), and James Maclaine (1724–50).…
17th century…

Criminality and Animal Cruelty in 18th-Century England

17 Dec 201717 Dec 2017
I am currently in the final stages of editing a book chapter I have written for Prof. Alexander Kaufman’s and Penny Vlagopoulos’s forthcoming work entitled Food and Feasting in Post-1700…
1381…

The Last Dying Speech and Confession of Jack Straw

23 Sep 201723 Sep 2017
In 1381, one of the most important events in English medieval history occurred: the Peasants’ Revolt. Under the leadership of a former soldier, Wat Tyler (d. 1381), a radical priest,…

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