03478nam 2200817 a 450 991045083930332120200520144314.01-280-28126-X97866102812680-203-00552-X(CKB)1000000000250788(EBL)201185(OCoLC)808027164(SSID)ssj0000176723(PQKBManifestationID)11156169(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176723(PQKBWorkID)10206249(PQKB)11171894(SSID)ssj0001145965(PQKBManifestationID)12465586(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001145965(PQKBWorkID)11122775(PQKB)11230153(MiAaPQ)EBC201185(Au-PeEL)EBL201185(CaPaEBR)ebr10161765(CaONFJC)MIL28126(EXLCZ)99100000000025078820040227d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImagining Robin Hood[electronic resource] the late-medieval stories in historical context /A.J. PollardLondon ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (301 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-40493-2 0-415-22308-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-265) and index.Texts and context -- Yeomanry -- A greenwood far away -- Crime, violence and the law -- Religion and the religious -- Fellowship and fraternity -- Authority and the social order -- History and memory -- Farewell to merry England.A.J. Pollard takes us back to the earliest surviving stories, tales and ballads of Robin Hood, and 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 questions:what a 'yeoman' was, and what it meant to be a fifteenth-century EnglishmanWas Robin Hood hunted as an outlaw, or respected as an officially appointed forest ranger?Why do we ignore the fact that this celebratedEnglish literatureMiddle English, 1100-1500History and criticismRobin Hood (Legendary character)English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismLiterature and societyEnglandHistoryTo 1500Literature and historyEnglandHistoryTo 1500Ballads, EnglishEnglandHistory and criticismOutlawsEnglandHistoryTo 1500Outlaws in literatureElectronic books.English literatureHistory and criticism.Robin Hood (Legendary character)English literatureHistory and criticism.Literature and societyHistoryLiterature and historyHistoryBallads, EnglishHistory and criticism.OutlawsHistoryOutlaws in literature.820.9/35115.01bcl15.70bclPollard A. J958742MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450839303321Imagining Robin Hood2172388UNINA