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Tag: medieval

14th Century…

Thomas Dun: A Medieval Pirate & Highwayman

9 Feb 20179 Feb 2017
Robin Hood was not the only famous law breaker in medieval times. Alongside Robin Hood were figures such as Adam Bell and the subject of this blog post, the medieval…
19th Century…

George Emmett’s “Robin Hood and the Archers of Merrie Sherwood” (1868-69)

20 Oct 201620 Oct 2016
[All images taken from books in my personal collection – feel free to use] Further to my recent postings on Robin Hood in Victorian penny dreadfuls, this post sheds light…
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…

“A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode” (c.1450): Alleviating the Fear of Crime in Late Medieval & Early Modern England?

20 Aug 201520 Aug 2015
A purely speculative post - part of a series I'm doing on the late medieval/early modern ballad A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode. See my other one here. Disclaimer: I'm…
15th Century…

Robin Hood’s Grave

6 Jul 20156 Jul 2015
Last Thursday (2nd July 2015), I and the other delegates to the International Association for Robin Hood Studies got the chance to visit Robin Hood's grave in Kirklees, West Yorkshire.…
History…

‘The Outlaws’ Code’. Robin Hood: Research Update, Number 7, December 24th, 2014

24 Dec 201424 Dec 2014
All organised crime gangs have certain codes of conduct which, to be counted as part of their respective gangs, they must adhere to. For the Italian Mafia there is Omerta,…

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