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…
14th Century… Historic Yorkshire Criminals: William Knipe’s “Criminal Chronology” (1867) 3 Jul 20163 Jul 2016 The eighteenth century was the period in which criminal biography flourished, when men such as Charles Johnson were publishing books such as Lives of the Highwaymen (1734) alongside serialised publications…
11th Century… The Legend of Robin Hood 4 May 20164 May 2016 A Forthcoming Public Talk to be delivered at Pontefract Castle, Sunday 8 May 2016 Introduction The Renaissance poet Michael Drayton authored a monumental work entitled Poly-Olbion which was published in…
18th century… Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe” (1819) 27 Feb 201627 Feb 2016 Introduction Walter Scott is perhaps the most famous Scottish novelist. Born in Edinburgh in 1771, after completing his studies he was articled to the legal profession through a friend of…
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.…
18th century… Walter Scott’s Influence Upon 19th-Century Medieval Scholarship 26 Nov 201526 Nov 2015 Joseph Ritson's Robin Hood (1795) is one of the most important works in the entire history of the legend. But even more important, arguably, is Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe (1819),…
