Maurice Keen

The Outlaws of Medieval Legend

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating book explains the popularity of the likes of Robin Hood and William Wallace, and many other lesser known rogues, and how their stories appealed to the common people of the Middle Ages.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780415239004
• ISBN-10: 0415239001
• Artikelnr.: 22419964

Autorenporträt

Maurice Keen is a distinguished historian of the Middle Ages and Fellow and Tutor at Balliol College, Oxford. His many books include England in the Later Middle Ages (Routledge, 1975), Heraldry (Yale, 1986) and Nobles, Knights and Men at Arms in the Middle Ages (Hambledon Press, 1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 I The Matter of the Greenwood
Chapter 2 II The Story of Hereward
Chapter 3 III The Historical Background of the Hereward Legend
Chapter 4 IV The Romance of Fulk Fitzwarin
Chapter 5 V The Romance of Eustace the Monk
Chapter 6 VI William Wallace and the Scottish Outlaws
Chapter 7 VII The Tale of Gamelyn
Chapter 8 VIII The Robin Hood Ballads (I)
Chapter 9 IX The Robin Hood Ballads (II)
Chapter 10 X The Historical Background of the Robin Hood Ballads
Chapter 11 XI The Outlaw Ballad as an Expression of Peasant Discontent
Chapter 12 XII The Historicity of Robin Hood
Chapter 13 XIII The Outlaw in History
Chapter 14 XIV Conclusions
Appendix I THE SUPPOSED MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE ROBIN HOOD LEGEND
Appendix II SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Appendix III ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
Appendix IV ROBIN HOOD IN RECENT HISTORICAL WRITING (1977-86): A POSTSCRIPT Index