Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales

Edited by Stephen Knight Edited by Thomas Ohlgren

Book cover: Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales

Extent: 742 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(August 2000)

ISBN: 9781580440677

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $39.95

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PDF (Published)

(August 2000)

ISBN: 9781580444248

Price: $32.00

Although nearly everyone has heard the name of Robin Hood, few have actually read any medieval tales about the legendary outlaw. Stephen Knight and Thomas Ohlgren set out to correct this discrepancy in their comprehensive collection of all pre-seventeenth-century Robin Hood tales. The editors include such other “outlaw” figures as Hereward the Wake, Eustache the Monk, and Fouke le Fitz Waryn to further contextualize the tradition of English outlaw tales. In this text the figure of Robin Hood can be viewed in historical perspective, from the early accounts in the chronicles through the ballads, plays, and romances that grew around his fame and impressed him on our fictional and historical imaginations. This edition is particularly useful for classrooms, with its extensive introductions, notes, and glosses, enabling students of any level to approach the texts in their original Middle English.

Illustrations General Introduction The Chronicler's Robin Hood Introduction From Andrew of Wyntoun's Orygynale Chronicle (c. 1420) From Walter Bower's Continuation of John of Fordun's Scotichronicon (c. 1440) From John Major's Historia Majoris Britanniae (1521) From Richard Grafton's Chronicle at Large (1569) Early Ballads and Tales Robin Hood and the Monk Robin Hood and the Potter A Gest of Robin Hood Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne The Tale of Gamelyn Robyn and Gandelyn Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesley Robin Hood Plays Robyn Hod and the Shryff off Notyngham Robin Hood and the Friar and Robin Hood and the Potter Introduction to the Munday Plays The Downfall of Robert, Earle of Huntington, by Anthony Munday From The Death of Robert, Earle of Huntington, by Anthony Munday Robin Hood and His Crew of Souldiers Later Ballads Introduction Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield Robin Hood and Little John Robin Hood and Allin a Dale Robin Hood and Maid Marian Robin Hood and Will Scarlet Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham Robin Hood Rescues Three Young Men Little John a Begging Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valour, and Marriage Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow Robin Hood and the Bishop Robin Hood's Golden Prize Robin Hood and Queen Catherin Robin Hood's Fishing The Death of Robin Hood A True Tale of Robin Hood Robin Hood and the Pedlars Other Outlaw Tales in Prose Translations Hereward the Wake, translated by Michael Swanton From Eustache the Monk, translated by Thomas E. Kelly From Fouke le Fitz Waryn, translated by Thomas E. Kelly, Illustrations
General Introduction
The Chronicler's Robin Hood
Introduction
From Andrew of Wyntoun's Orygynale Chronicle (c. 1420)
From Walter Bower's Continuation of John of Fordun's Scotichronicon (c. 1440)
From John Major's Historia Majoris Britanniae (1521)
From Richard Grafton's Chronicle at Large (1569)
Early Ballads and Tales
Robin Hood and the Monk
Robin Hood and the Potter
A Gest of Robin Hood
Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
The Tale of Gamelyn
Robyn and Gandelyn
Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesley
Robin Hood Plays
Robyn Hod and the Shryff off Notyngham
Robin Hood and the Friar and Robin Hood and the Potter
Introduction to the Munday Plays
The Downfall of Robert, Earle of Huntington, by Anthony Munday
From The Death of Robert, Earle of Huntington, by Anthony Munday
Robin Hood and His Crew of Souldiers
Later Ballads
Introduction
Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar
The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
Robin Hood and Little John
Robin Hood and Allin a Dale
Robin Hood and Maid Marian
Robin Hood and Will Scarlet
Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham
Robin Hood Rescues Three Young Men
Little John a Begging
Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valour, and Marriage
Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow
Robin Hood and the Bishop
Robin Hood's Golden Prize
Robin Hood and Queen Catherin
Robin Hood's Fishing
The Death of Robin Hood
A True Tale of Robin Hood
Robin Hood and the Pedlars
Other Outlaw Tales in Prose Translations
Hereward the Wake, translated by Michael Swanton
From Eustache the Monk, translated by Thomas E. Kelly
From Fouke le Fitz Waryn, translated by Thomas E. Kelly

  • Edited by Stephen Knight
  • Edited by Thomas Ohlgren