Author:
Crook, David, 1947- author.
ImprintWoodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2020.
Imprint2020
Descriptionxiv, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note:Part I. The legend and its interpreters -- The medieval tales of Robin Hood -- Chronicler, revellers, playwrights and antiquarians, c. 1420-1765 -- Editors, the folklorist and the archivist, 1765-1889 -- Folklorists, literary scholars and historians: Robin Hood in the twentieth century -- The Robin Hood places -- Part II. Outlaw and evildoer of our land: the original Robin Hood -- The Robin Hood names -- Robin Hood and criminality -- Law and disorder in Yorkshire, 1215-1223 -- The sheriff, the fugitive, and the civil servant.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-281) and index.
Note:Detailed research into documentary sources offers an exciting new identification of the "real" Robin Hood.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.
