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17th century…

“Robin Hood’s Rescue of the Three Squires” and the Political Economy of Banditry

30 Mar 2018
Many Robin Hood ballads were printed as broadsides during the seventeenth century. The majority of them depict Robin Hood as a rather inept outlaw who, every time he stops somebody,…
18th century…

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: A Tale of Vagrancy and Imprisonment, by Robert Southey (1774-1843)

21 Dec 201721 Dec 2017
One of the writers that I have encountered frequently in my research upon both Robin Hood and Wat Tyler is the Romantic author and Poet Laureate, Robert Southey (1774–1843).[i] Southey’s…
18th century…

Mack the Knife: The “True” Story Behind the Song

28 Oct 2017
The popular song Mack the Knife was based upon the story of an eighteenth-century highwayman named Captain Macheath. This post traces the literary life of this fictional character. Most people,…
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,…
11th Century…

Hang’d, Drawn, and Quartered! “Spectacular Justice” during the Medieval and Early Modern Period

31 Aug 20173 May 2018
Katherine Royer’s new book, The English Execution Narrative, 1200-1700 (2015) analyses the meanings behind the often gruesome executions carried out in the medieval and early modern period. Reviewed  by Stephen…
18th century…

Victor Hugo’s “The Last Day of a Condemned Man” (1829)

7 Jul 2017
Last week Google celebrated the life of Victor Hugo (1802-85) with some quirky illustrations on its masthead, so I thought I would do the same by writing a post on…

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