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Description:First mentioned by William Langland in the late fourteenth century, Robin Hood comes down to us through ballads and folksongs, old chronicles and plays, medieval allusions, folklore and place-names. Today Robin Hood folksongs are found in the USA as well as in England and Scotland, and place-names and traditions are widely located in England.The earliest stories are centred on Barnsdale in Yorkshire, but later the emphasis shifts to Nottingham and Sherwood Forest. Originally a yeoman, Robin was upgraded to aristocrat in the sixteenth century, but he remains essentially a champion of the poor and oppressed and social nonconformer.How far Robin hood was based on a historical character and how far he is an archetypal outlaw or a Greenwood myth (who must withdraw from society and commune with nature) is the subject of the Doel's wide-ranging study. The book is complete with a Gazetteer of Robin Hood sites, an annotated Filmography and almost 50 illustrations (including performances by present-day mummers).Fran Doel and Geoff Doel are part-time Lecturers in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kent and at Birkbeck College.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Robin Hood: Outlaw or Greenwood Myth. To get started finding Robin Hood: Outlaw or Greenwood Myth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 128

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Tempus Publishing Ltd.

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ISBN: 0752414798

Description: First mentioned by William Langland in the late fourteenth century, Robin Hood comes down to us through ballads and folksongs, old chronicles and plays, medieval allusions, folklore and place-names. Today Robin Hood folksongs are found in the USA as well as in England and Scotland, and place-names and traditions are widely located in England.The earliest stories are centred on Barnsdale in Yorkshire, but later the emphasis shifts to Nottingham and Sherwood Forest. Originally a yeoman, Robin was upgraded to aristocrat in the sixteenth century, but he remains essentially a champion of the poor and oppressed and social nonconformer.How far Robin hood was based on a historical character and how far he is an archetypal outlaw or a Greenwood myth (who must withdraw from society and commune with nature) is the subject of the Doel's wide-ranging study. The book is complete with a Gazetteer of Robin Hood sites, an annotated Filmography and almost 50 illustrations (including performances by present-day mummers).Fran Doel and Geoff Doel are part-time Lecturers in the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kent and at Birkbeck College.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Robin Hood: Outlaw or Greenwood Myth. To get started finding Robin Hood: Outlaw or Greenwood Myth, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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