17th century… Capt. Alexander Smith’s “A History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen, Footpads, Shoplifts, and Cheats” (1714) 10 Jul 2016 The eighteenth century was a period which witnessed a great deal of interest in crime. With a rising crime rate, and an inefficient system of law enforcement that consisted of…
19th Century… The ‘Public School’ Robin Hood: Imperial Ideology in Late-Victorian and Edwardian Children’s Books 8 Jul 20168 Jul 2016 A paper delivered at a conference entitled: 'Packaging the Past for Children, c.1750-1914' at the Senate House, Durham University, 6 – 7 July 2016 Abstract During the late-Victorian and Edwardian…
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…
19th Century… William Jones’ ‘A “Lytell Geste” of Robin Hood’ (1870) 26 Jun 2016 This is the second post in a series in which I have been transcribing little-known nineteenth-century Robin Hood poems. The New Monthly Magazine was published between 1814 and 1884. It…
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…
19th Century… “Ballad of Robin Hood” (1846) 22 Jun 201622 Jun 2016 Research into the Robin Hood tradition has hitherto tended to focus upon canonical texts and poems, especially those from the fifteenth century. Obviously the Robin Hood tradition did not stop…
