Table of Contents

Introduction Robyn Hod in Scherewod Stod Robin Hoodes Daye Rather a Merry than a Mischievous Thief Vain Tales of Robin Hood Appendix A: Robin Hood Games Appendix B: The Endinburgh Riots of 1561 Selected Bibliography Index

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Charts the genesis and development of the Robin Hood legend from the Middle Ages through 1700.

About the Author

JEFFREY L. SINGMAN is a medievalist and former editor at The Middle English Dictionary project. His previous books include Daily Life in Elizabethan England (1995) and Daily Life in Chaucer's England (1995), both available from Greenwood Press.

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?The historical and mythical aspects are fully examines in the context of their times and Greenwood contributes in this book to the story of the greenwood and its lively hero who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Did you hear of this before? If not, consider it now.?-Chronique

?This is an admirable book, completely in Greenwood's excellent overall tradition of scholarship.?-Chronique

"This is an admirable book, completely in Greenwood's excellent overall tradition of scholarship."-Chronique

"The historical and mythical aspects are fully examines in the context of their times and Greenwood contributes in this book to the story of the greenwood and its lively hero who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Did you hear of this before? If not, consider it now."-Chronique