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In Pyle's wake, Robin Hood has become a staunch philanthropist protecting innocents against increasingly aggressive villains. [1] Along with the publication of the Child Ballads by Francis James Child, which included most of the surviving Robin Hood ballads, Pyle's novel helped increase the popularity of the Robin Hood legend in the United States.
The first clear reference to "rhymes of Robin Hood" is from the alliterative poem Piers Plowman, thought to have been composed in the 1370s, followed shortly afterwards by a quotation of a later common proverb, [5] "many men speak of Robin Hood and never shot his bow", [6] in Friar Daw's Reply (c. 1402) [7] and a complaint in Dives and Pauper ...
Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator, painter, and author, primarily of books for young people.He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Novels by Howard Pyle" ... The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood; O.
Robin Hood and the Pedlars; Robin Hood and the Potter; Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon; Robin Hood and the Ranger; Robin Hood and the Scotchman; Robin Hood and the Shepherd; Robin Hood and the Tanner; Robin Hood and the Tinker; Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight; Robin Hood Newly Revived; Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires; Robin Hood ...
The figure of the jovial friar was common in the May Games festivals of England and Scotland during the 15th to 17th centuries. [citation needed] He appears as a character in the fragment of a Robin Hood play from 1475, sometimes called Robin Hood and the Knight or Robin Hood and the Sheriff, and a play for the May games published in 1560 which tells a story similar to "Robin Hood and the ...
These show Pyle's influence but are not slavishly imitative. Many of them can be found on Google Images, and three of Harding's are on WikipediA. ( Look out for her image of Robin Hood drawing his bow.) O Murr 20:38, 21 June 2018 (UTC) Thank you for your good suggestion! I will incorporate it into a new "Significance" section.
Robin puts the bishop's cloak on Little John, who mockingly asks the question seven times – and then marries the young couple, Robin giving away the bride in loco parentis. All then - except, presumably, for the old knight and the bishop - repair to the greenwood.