1st Edition
Imagining Robin Hood The Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context
By A J Pollard
Copyright 2004
300 Pages
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Routledge
288 Pages
12 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
288 Pages
12 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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A.J Pollard takes us back to the earliest surviving stories of Robin Hood, the stories, tales and ballads of the fifteenth century and he re-examines the story of this fascinating figure. Setting out the economic, social and political context of the time, Pollard illuminates the legend of this yeoman hero and champion of justice as never before.
Imagining Robin Hood examines:
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1. Texts and Context 2. Yeomanry 3. A Greenwood Far Away 4. Crime, Violence and the Law 5. Religion and the Religious 6. Fellowship and Fraternity 7. Authority and the Social Order 8. History and Memory 9. Farewell to Merry England
Biography
A. J. Pollard is Professor of History at the University of Teesside. He is the author of The Wars of the Roses (2001), and Late Medieval England, 1399-1509 (2000)
'This pithy, intriguing study ... offers fascinating insights into the Reformation in England.' - Christopher Silvester, The Sunday Times
