1st Edition

Outlaws in Medieval and Early Modern England Crime, Government and Society, c.1066–c.1600

Edited By John C. Appleby, Paul Dalton Copyright 2009
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

With some notable exceptions, the subject of outlawry in medieval and early-modern English history has attracted relatively little scholarly attention. This volume helps to address this significant gap in scholarship, and encourage further study of the subject, by presenting a series of new studies, based on original research, that address significant features of outlawry and criminality over an... Read more
Preface, John C. Appleby, Paul Dalton; Introduction, John C. Appleby, Paul Dalton; Chapter 1 The Outlaw Hereward ‘the Wake’, Paul Dalton; Chapter 2 Outlawry as an Instrument of Justice in the Thirteenth Century, Susan Stewart; Chapter 3 Justices and Injustice? England's Local Officials in the Later Middle Ages, Richard Gorski; Chapter 4 Sacred Outlaws, Candace Gregory-Abbott; Chapter 5 ‘Sons of Iniquity’, Neil Jamieson; Chapter 6 Political Ideology in the Early Stories of Robin Hood, A.J. Pollard; Chapter 7 Poachers and Gamekeepers, Hannes Kleineke; Chapter 8 Pirates and Communities, John C. Appleby;

Biography

Dr John C. Appleby is from Liverpool Hope University, UK and Dr Paul Dalton is a Pro-Vice Chancellor at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

'Printed media cannot normally hope to compete with the big screen for attention when conveying a historical message, but this compelling new volume certainly provides a valuable context and should be included with any special-edition DVD of the [Robin Hood] movie.' Journal of British Studies 'Outlaws in Medieval and Early Modern England: Crime, Government and Society is a fascinating, nuanced study of the many permutations of outlawry and a highly valuable contribution to the study of legality, criminality in all its permutations in the medieval and early modern period.' Sixteenth Century Journal ’...the volume contains a number of impressive essays and consequently deserves to be included in the growing body of works on medieval and early modern outlawry.’ English Historical Review