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Zusatztext 'This pithy! intriguing study ... offers fascinating insights into the Reformation in England.' - Christopher Silvester! The Sunday Times Informationen zum Autor 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) Klappentext Taking the reader to the earliest surviving stories of Robin Hood! the tales and ballads of the fifteenth century! this title sets out the economic! social and political context of the time and illuminates the legend of this yeoman hero. It looks at how Robin Hood was 'all things to all men' since he first appeared. Zusammenfassung Taking us back to the earliest surviving stories of Robin Hood, the tales and ballads of the fifteenth century, Pollard sets out the economic, social and political context of the time and illuminates the legend of this yeoman hero as never before. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
List of contents
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
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'Robin Hood ... remains as mysterious and enigmatic as ever.' - Barrie Dobson, University of York and John Taylor, University of Leeds, UK
'Original and intriguing ... this is not a book any serious 'gode felawe' of Robin Hood's posthumous fraternity can afford to be without.' - Barrie Dobson, University of York and John Taylor, University of Leeds, UK
'Informative and stimulating ... full of fascinating material.' - Literature & History
