Robin Hood (eBook)

Outlaw or Greenwood Myth

Fran Doel, Geoff Doel (Autoren)

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2019 | 2. Auflage
128 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9271-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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 folk songs 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 a 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 Doels' wide-ranging study.
This new edition is complete with an updated gazetteer of Robin Hood sites and an annotated filmography. It includes almost 50 illustrations (including performances by present-day mummers).

Autor

Fran Doel, MA, and Dr Geoff Doel have lectured extensively in adult education at various universities on literature, medieval and traditional culture; have published 16 books including The Green Man in Britain (History Press); and made various TV appearances including Time Team.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.7.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: aristocrat • Ballads • Barnsdale • champion of the poor • Chronicles • Folklore • Folk Songs • gazetteer • greenwood myth • medieval allusions • Mummers • Mythology • Nottingham • outlaw or greenwood myth • Place Names • Robin Hood • robin hood and his merry men • robin hood greenwood • robin hood myth • robin hood outlaw • robin hood sites • Sheriff of Nottingham • Sherwood Forest • sherwood forest, sheriff of nottingham, robin hood and his merry men, robin hood, william langland, folklore, mythology, barnsdale, nottingham, greenwood myth • sherwood forest, sheriff of nottingham, robin hood and his merry men, robin hood, william langland, folklore, mythology, barnsdale, nottingham, greenwood myth, robin hood outlaw, robin hood greenwood, robin hood myth, william langland, ballads, folklore, folk songs, chronicles, medieval allusions, place names, barnsdale, yorkshire, nottingham, sherwood forest, yeoman, aristocrat, champion of the poor, robin hood sites, gazetteer, mummers, outlaw or greenwood myth • William Langland • yeoman • Yorkshire
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9271-9 / 0750992719
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9271-8 / 9780750992718