19th Century… Judging Robin Hood: Negotiating Outlawry in Nineteenth-Century Texts 25 Jun 2016 Paper Read at Plymouth University Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference 23-24 June 2016. Abstract. Robin Hood needs no introduction. He is the noble outlaw who steals from the rich to give to…
15th Century… Curteous Outlaws and Elizabethan Rogues: The 16th-Century Context of “A Gest of Robyn Hode” 7 Jun 2016 A conference paper to be delivered at the Forthcoming MEMS Festival, University of Kent, 17-18 June 2016. Introduction A number of excellent scholarly examinations have been carried out upon A…
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…
17th century… The Newgate Calendar 24 Mar 201624 Mar 2016 People in the eighteenth century believed that they were living in a crime-ridden society. In addition to Capt. Alexander Smith’s and Capt. Charles Johnson’s criminal biographies, the Proceedings of the…
18th century… Edgworth Bess, a Prostitute (fl. 1723-24) 12 Mar 201616 Mar 2016 This is a blog post written for my friend, Dr. Kate Lister, and her 'Whores of Yore' project. All illustrations featured in the article are from original nineteenth-century books in…
17th century… Charles Johnson’s ‘Lives of the Highwaymen’ (1734) 14 Feb 20164 Sep 2016 There is no reference in any historical archives to a Captain named Charles Johnson. The name is most likely a pseudonym for a writer whose identity is now lost to…
