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Imagining Robin Hood: The Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context
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Imagining Robin Hood: The Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context Hardcover - 2004

by A. J. Pollard


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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 Englishman
  • Was Robin Hood hunted as an outlaw, or respected as an officially appointed forest ranger?
  • Why do we ignore the fact that this celebrated hero led a life of crime?
  • Did he actually steal from the rich and give to the poor?

Answering these questions, the book looks at how Robin Hood was 'all things to all men' since he first appeared; speaking to the gentry, the peasants and all those in between. The story of the freedom-loving outlaw tells us much about the English nation, but tracing back to the first stories reveals even more about the society in which the legend arose.

An enthralling read for all historians and general readers of this fascinating subject.

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So pontificates Dr Max, a parody of a media don, in Julian Barnes' novel, England, England.

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  • Title Imagining Robin Hood: The Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context
  • Author A. J. Pollard
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, London
  • Date November 4, 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780415223089 / 0415223083
  • Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.24 x 1.05 in (20.32 x 13.31 x 2.67 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Robin Hood (Legendary character), English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004004755
  • Dewey Decimal Code 820.935

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 02/01/2005, Page 80

About the author

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)

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