Medievalists.net » Robin Hood http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 REVIEW: The Ballad of Robin Hood http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/30/review-the-ballad-of-robin-hood/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/30/review-the-ballad-of-robin-hood/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:25:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62897 Over the holiday season, Southwark Playhouse is presenting their reinterpretation of The Ballad of Robin Hood.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/08/16/60409/feed/ 0 Robin Hood: A Legend in Text, Film and Popular Consciousness http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/20/robin-hood-a-legend-in-text-film-and-popular-consciousness/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/20/robin-hood-a-legend-in-text-film-and-popular-consciousness/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:49:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59877 All four films entirely reject the setting for the legend given by the early/scholarly tradition. All four are set firmly and unmistakably in or just after the reign of Richard I (1189-99), either during Richard's absence on Crusade, or (Marian alone) just after his death at Chaluz.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/20/robin-hood-a-legend-in-text-film-and-popular-consciousness/feed/ 0 Extralegal and English: the Robin Hood Legend and Increasing National Identity in the Middling Sorts of Late Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/extralegal-english-robin-hood-legend-increasing-national-identity-middling-sorts-late-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/extralegal-english-robin-hood-legend-increasing-national-identity-middling-sorts-late-medieval-england/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:49:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52597 The legend was clearly not the only work of popular culture in what I propose as the long fifteenth century, but it does serve as a very useful representation for examining the growth of Englishness.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/15/extralegal-english-robin-hood-legend-increasing-national-identity-middling-sorts-late-medieval-england/feed/ 0 Staging Medievalisms: Touching the Middle Ages through Contemporary Performance http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 21:40:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49581 Examining the Middle Ages through modern eyes: movies, TV, stage, tourism and books. How do we perform the Middle Ages?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/feed/ 0 Robin Hood: The Original Rebel With a Cause and Fundraising Mascot http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/06/robin-hood-the-original-rebel-with-a-cause-and-fundraising-mascot/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/06/robin-hood-the-original-rebel-with-a-cause-and-fundraising-mascot/#comments Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:33:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44710 By Danièle Cybulskie When we think about Robin Hood these days, we have him firmly placed in Sherwood Forest, outside of Nottingham, in the time of “Good King Richard” (Richard I, “The Lionheart”). This would put him in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. The first written records of the Robin Hood legend don’t […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/06/robin-hood-the-original-rebel-with-a-cause-and-fundraising-mascot/feed/ 0 Robin Hood as a Festive Figurehead for Local Autonomy in the 16th Century http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/robin-hood-as-a-festive-figurehead-for-local-autonomy-in-the-16th-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/robin-hood-as-a-festive-figurehead-for-local-autonomy-in-the-16th-century/#comments Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:55:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42967 Winner of the University of Chicago's National Guild of St. Margaret of Scotland Prize for the best BA paper on a medieval topic

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/18/robin-hood-as-a-festive-figurehead-for-local-autonomy-in-the-16th-century/feed/ 0 The Virgin Mary in High Medieval England, A Divinely Malleable Woman: Virgin, Intercessor, Protector, Mother, Role Model http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/the-virgin-mary-in-high-medieval-england-a-divinely-malleable-woman-virgin-intercessor-protector-mother-role-model/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/the-virgin-mary-in-high-medieval-england-a-divinely-malleable-woman-virgin-intercessor-protector-mother-role-model/#comments Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40181 This thesis examines the significance of the Virgin Mary in England between the late fifteenth century and early sixteenth century. The primary sources selected indicate the variety of ideas circulating about her during this period. Strictly religious texts such as the Bible and early Christian writings ground Late Medieval beliefs about Mary in their historical context.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/31/the-virgin-mary-in-high-medieval-england-a-divinely-malleable-woman-virgin-intercessor-protector-mother-role-model/feed/ 0 Under the Greenwood Tree : Outlaws in Medieval England and modern medievalist crime novels http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/under-the-greenwood-tree-outlaws-in-medieval-england-and-modern-medievalist-crime-novels/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/27/under-the-greenwood-tree-outlaws-in-medieval-england-and-modern-medievalist-crime-novels/#comments Sun, 27 Jan 2013 06:27:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38933 A recurring theme in several medievalist crime novels is the subject of outlaws. They are used to create ambience, they can be the adversary and main threat to the protagonists, they can be cast in somewhat more heroic roles, and they are sometimes essential to the plot.

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