1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, color maps
Contents
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
Summary
Robin Hood has been 'all things to all men', since he first appeared, speaking to the gentry, the peasants, and all those in between. Now, going back to the original texts, A.J. Pollard uncovers a different set of tales
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-265) and index
