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Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. [1]
Pyle's book continued the 19th-century trend of portraying Robin Hood as a heroic outlaw who robs the rich to feed the poor; this portrayal contrasts with the Robin Hood of the ballads, where the protagonist is an out-and-out crook, whose crimes are motivated by personal gain rather than politics or a desire to help others. [1]
Robyn Hod and the Shryff off Notyngham is the manuscript fragment of a late medieval play about Robin Hood, the earliest known Robin Hood playscript and the only surviving medieval script of a Robin Hood play. The manuscript dates from c1475, that is it is approximately as old as the earliest copies of the ballads.
A Gest of Robyn Hode (also known as A Lyttell Geste of Robyn Hode) is one of the earliest surviving texts of the Robin Hood tales. Written in late Middle English poetic verse, it is an early example of an English language ballad, in which the verses are grouped in quatrains with an ABCB rhyme scheme, also known as ballad stanzas.
The witch Maudlin having taken the shape of Marian to abuse Robin Hood, and perplex his guests, comes forth with her daughter Douce, reporting in what confusion she had left them; defrauded them of their venison, made them suspicious each of the other; but most of all, Robin Hood so jealous of his Marian, as she hopes no effect of love would ever reconcile them; glorying so far in the extent ...
Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood (1912) The first significant new version on the classic Robin Hood theme, also republished as Robin Hood. [2] [4] King Arthur's knights: the tales retold for boys and girls (Stokes, 1911) [5] The Book of Pirates (T, Y. Crowell & Co.) [6] Pirates: True Tales of Notorious Buccaneers [3]
Robinhood Markets (HOOD) aims to score a touchdown with its first foray into sports betting. The online trading platform ended months of speculation on Monday by saying it would launch event ...
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merry Men by John Finnemore (1863–1915), 1909. Bold Robin Hood and His Outlaw Band by Louis Rhead, 1912. Robin Hood by Henry Gilbert, 1912. Robin Hood by Paul Creswick (1866–1947), 1917. Robin Hood and His Merry Men by Sara Hawks Sterling, 1921. Robin Hood and His Merry Men by E. C. Vivian, 1927.