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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen., 2015-07-20. Revised by … Primary Sources ⁃ Bayne, W W 1851a, includes a poem on William Tell. See notes by Crone, John S.; F., S.J.A., under 'Studies and criticism'. Studies and criticism ⁃ Clouston, W A 1887a; lists analogues of William Tell's apple shooting feat, including Adam Bell; cites at length a Persian analogue to this incident. ⁃ Crone, John S 1904a; author of English poem on William Tell (c. 1850) is a W. B. Bayne [recte W.W. Bayne?], assistant master of Belfast Academy; response to F., S.J.A,; see below. ⁃ F, S J A 1904a, asks for author information for an English poem on William Tell. Reply by John S. Crone, above, ⁃ Gibson, Geoffrey 1975a ⁃ Hic et Ubique 1912a; seeks information about a book which includes William Tell, an English language comic play for children. Apparently this query was never answered. ⁃ P-G, H 1950a; in answer to query from T., A., below: William Tell's …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-22. Revised by … A Gest of Robyn Hode, fytte seven and part of fytte eight (sts. 354-432), details the meeting Robin Hood and "Edwarde, our comly kynge" Gest, st. 353:4.. The latter digsuises himself as an abbot and goes to the greenwood in order to meet with the outlaw. Reverberations of this scene can be found in many later accounts, including Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and many films. The author of the Gest – dare we suggest the poet John Skelton? This is suggested by, inter alia, a satirical allusion to John Skelton and jests of Robin Hood in Alexander Barclay's English rendering of the Ship of Fools. – followed an old and tried recipe when he let the king don disguise for the occasion, for there are many earlier tales, from Britain and elsewhere, about the meeting of a incognito king and one of his subjects. Sometimes the king is in disguise, sometimes he is not, but the subject (initially) fails to recognize him. Tales …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-08. Revised by … With regard to the name of Adam Bell's comrade, William of Cloudesly, it may be noted that there are a Cloudesly Bush and Cloudesly Farm in Withybrook, Warwickshire, the former being first recorded in 1576. Gover, John Eric Bruce 1936a. p. 122, where no source or date is cited for the farm. However, beyond the name there is nothing to connect Cloudesly Bush with Adam Bell's companion. Primary sources: literary Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly (Child 116) Scholarly and literary editions ⁃ Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. III, pp. 14-39. Additions and corrections: vol. IV, p. 496; vol. V, p. 297. ⁃ Flügel, Ewald 1895a, pp. 186-92, notes pp. 456-57 ⁃ Knight, Stephen Thomas 1997a, pp. 235-67. ⁃ Knight, Stephen, ed.; Ohlgren, Thomas H., ed. Adam Bell, Clim of the Clough, and William of Cloudesley (TEAMS Middle English Texts Series); web edition of preceding. Translations …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-15. Revised by … William Wallace (1272-1305) is a Scottish national hero who was given the title of Guardian of Scotland after he led Scottish forces to victory over an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge (Sep. 11, 1297). Wallace was captured and executed by the English in 1305. His deeds are celebrated in the Middle Scots poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, written by Henry the Minstrel aka Blind Harry (c.1440-1492), and often called Blind Harry's Wallace. Essentially describing Wallace as a guerilla leader this poem bears similarities to the Gest and other early outlaw literature as to themes, motifs and overall tone. Primary sources: literary works Gude Wallace (Child 157) Scholarly and literary editions ⁃ Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. III, pp. 265-75. Additions and corrections: vol. V, pp. 242-43. Music: vol. V, p. 419. Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-15. Revised by … Hereward the Wake (c. 1035–1072), Hereward the Outlaw, Hereward the Exile or Hereward the Saxon, was a leader of Anglo-Danish resistance against the Norman invasion. His base was in the Isle of Ely and surrounding areas, North Cambridgeshire, South Lincolnshire and West Norfolk. The primary sources for our knwoledge of Hereward and his deeds are the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Domesday Book, Liber Eliensis and, especially, the Gesta Herwardi. Written in the first third of the 12th cent., the latter was based on a now lost Old English text. It details the birth, upbringing and career of Hereward. The tale is a mixture of fantastic events in distant lands and more down to earth accounts of guerilla warfare in the Fens. In the mix are also tales of trickery, ruse and disguise that often foreshadow the tales of Robin Hood and other outlaws. Editions Translations English ⁃ Swanton, Michael 1998a ⁃ Swanton, Michael …
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  • Wright, Glenn. 'Churl's Courtesy: Rauf Coilyear and Its English Analogues', Neophilologus, vol. 85 (2001), pp. 647-662
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-12. Revised by … Fulk Fitz-Warin III (c. 1160-1258) was a Marcher Lord and heir to Whittington Castle in Shropshire, who in 1200, when he was denied the right to inherit the castle, went into rebellion against King John. He was pardoned and reinstated as lord of Whittington in 1203. His deeds and those of his ancestors were the subject of a 13th century Anglo-Norman narrative poem that was part ancestral romance, part outlaw tale. This is lost, but a very close 13th century prose paraphrase survives. There was also an ME metrical romance which was still extant in the mid-16th century, when John Leland made excerpts from it, supplementing it, where a couple of leaves were missing, with the Anglo-Norman version. The story of Fulk's outlawry, as told in these literary sources, is not only very interesting in it own right but also has many clear, sometimes very close, parallels to the early Robin Hood ballads, especially the Gest. Literary sources …
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  • Moorman, F.W. 'A Yorkshire Folk-Play and its Analogues', Essays and Studies by the Members of the English Association, vol. II (1911), pp. 134-57 .
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-09. Revised by … This section includes pages on specific ballads, a list of popular collections of Robin Hood ballads –"Garlands of Robin Hood", a list of scholarly and literary anthologies/collections that include Robin Hood ballads, a list of general criticism and studies of Robin Hood ballads, and a list of allusions that refer to folk poetry (and literature) on Robin Hood. Specific ballads Pages on specific ballads each include (as relevant): brief introduction, synopsis of plot, and lists of: primary editions of each version/variant, editions in scholarly and literary collections, translations, analogues and sources, allusions, criticism and studies. Popular collections List of Garlands of Robin Hood and similar popular collections. ⁃ Garlands of Robin Hood. Scholarly and literary ballad collections This section consists of a short list of essential collections and an alphabetically list which will, it is hoped, become …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-11. Revised by … Editions Separate editions ⁃ Anonymous 1911b. Scholarly collections ⁃ Armes, William Dallam 1904a, pp. 88-93 ⁃⁃ Armes, William Dallam 1920a, pp. 88-93 ⁃ Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. III, pp. 89-94 ⁃ Gummere, Francis Barton 1894a, pp. 68-76; notes, pp. 320-21 ⁃⁃ Gummere, Francis Barton 1914a, pp. 68-76; notes, pp. 320-21 ⁃ Mabie, Hamilton Wright 1896a, pp. 106-118 ⁃⁃ Mabie, Hamilton Wright 1902a, pp. 106-118 ⁃⁃ Mabie, Hamilton Wright 1906a, pp. 106-118 ⁃⁃ Mabie, Hamilton Wright 1907a, pp. 106-118 ⁃⁃ Mabie, Hamilton Wright 1910a, pp. 106-118 ⁃⁃ Mabie, Hamilton Wright 1914a, pp. 106-118 ⁃ Neilson, William Allan 1916a, pp. 303-306; modernized text Translations Danish ⁃ Blicher, Steen Steensen 1827a. German ⁃ Grün, Anastasius 1864a, pp. 103-12: "Robin …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-20. Revised by … Robin Hood's accepting the Virgin Mary as surety or "borrow" for a loan in the first fytte of A Gest of Robyn Hode See sts. 65-66. is inspired by a miracle tale that was quite well known during the later Middle Ages. Most often in such tales – called "miracles" – the divine surety is the Virgin Mary, but tales are also found in which God, Jesus, a saint or even a cross acts as guarantor. In these tales, the divine surety pays the debt when the human debtor is unable to. There is a related type of tale, a humorous variant, in which the creditor recovers his outlay from a monk or priest in his capacity as human representative of the divine surety. Such analogues are discussed briefly by Child Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. III, pp. 51-52, 53-54. and at length by Clawson. Clawson, William Hall 1909a, pp. 25-42. Miracles with the Virgin as guarantor are known in Latin (several MSS of the 13th century), French, …
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  • Marsh, George L. 'Sources and Analogues of "The Flower and the Leaf". Part I.', Modern Philology, vol. IV (1906), pp. 121-67 . Downloads ⁃ PDF. ☛ Marsh, George L 1906b
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  • Marsh, George L. 'Sources and Analogues of "The Flower and the Leaf". Part II.', Modern Philology, vol. IV (1906), pp. 281-327 . Downloads ⁃ PDF. ☚ Marsh, George L 1906a
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  • King James and the Tinker a.k.a. The King & Tinker. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-09-18. Revised by … The public house now known as King & Tinker, formerly (or more fully?) King James and the Tinker, on Whitewebbs Lane in Enfield, just north of Whitewebbs Park, very likely owes its name to an early modern tale of the king and subject type. The pub, which is still going strong, now with the slightly snappier form of the name, was in existence by 1861, according to the excellent Pub Wiki, which has data on publicans and residents for 1861–1937 as well as old photos and postcards. Pub Wiki: King & Tinker, Whitewebbs Lane, Enfield EN2. Sources ⁃ Pub Wiki: King & Tinker, Whitewebbs Lane, Enfield EN2. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Middlesex II.15 (c. 1895; c. 1896). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Middlesex II.15 (c. 1866; surveyed 1865). No copy in NLS ⁃ 25" O.S. map Middlesex II.15 (1913; rev. 1911) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Middlesex II.15 …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-15. Revised by … Editions Scholarly and literary collections ⁃ Allingham, William 1898a, pp. 280-83. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial ⁃⁃ Allingham, William 1886a, pp. 280-83. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial ⁃⁃ Allingham, William 1898a, pp. 280-83. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial ⁃ Armes, William Dallam 1904a, pp. 103-105. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial ⁃⁃ Armes, William Dallam 1920a, pp. 103-105. Title: Robin Hood's Death and Burial ⁃ Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. III, pp. 102-107. Additions and corrections: vol. V, p. 240; vol. V, p. 297 ⁃ Graves, Robert von Ranke 1957a, pp. 118-26; note p. 158. Title: The Death of Robin Hood. Version A, much altered by Graves ⁃ Gummere, Francis Barton 1894a, pp. 90-93; notes, pp. 322-23. Version A ⁃⁃ Gummere, Francis Barton 1914a, pp. 90-93; notes, pp. 322-23. Version A ⁃ …
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  • Stanton Fitzwarren. By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-01-05. Revised by … Stanton Fitzwarren, a bit northeast of Swindon, is first recorded in Domesday Book (1086), where it occurs as 'Stantone'. The present form of the name is first recorded in 1394 ('Staunton Fitz Waryn'). The manor belonged to Fulk Fitz-Warin in 1196 Gover, John Eric Bruce 1939a, p. 30. Sources ⁃ Gover, John Eric Bruce 1939a, p. 30. Maps ⁃ 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (c. 1879; surveyed 1876) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (1900; rev. 1898) (georeferenced) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (1900; rev. 1898) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (1923; rev. 1922) ⁃ 25" O.S. map Wiltshire XI.5 (1946; rev. 1942) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Berkshire XII (1883; surveyed 1876-78) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Berkshire XII.NW (1900; rev. 1898) (georeferenced) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Berkshire XII.NW (1900; surveyed 1897) ⁃ 6" O.S. map Berkshire XII.NW (1913; surveyed 1910) ⁃ 6" …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-02. Revised by … The ballad to which Child gave the title Erlinton exists in three versions, one of which, the C version, features Robin Hood. It is almost certainly a literary forgery. Plot Robin Hood meets a fair damsel, a tanner's daughter; they become lovers (straightaway), but soon the girl's two brothers come riding to fetch her home. A sword fight ensues in which Robin kills the elder brother but spares the younger at the girl's entreaty. The two lovers then elope to the forest. The forged C version Child reprints the C version, known as Robin Hood and the Tanner's Daughter, from the edition in 'Gutch's Robin Hood, [which was printed] from a manuscript of Mr Payne Collier, supposed to have been written about 1650'. Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. I, p. 106. As John Payne Collier had been exposed as a literary forger already in the mid-19th century, Collier's sad career is sufficiently well known to require only a reference to: …
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  • Short introduction We hope that this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand name. It is called 'International' because in addition to the vast amount of material that exists in English, we intend to add information about materials in other languages such as translations of ballads, secondary literature, children's fiction, literature on foreign analogues of Robin Hood etc. Arguably 'Bibliography' is a misnomer as the site already includes a wealth of all sorts of information one would not nor­mally expect to find in a biblio­gra­phy, but the biblio­gra­phical aspect is in all cases taken quite seriously, and there is already a wiki named the Robin Hood Wiki, so another name had to be found for the site. Latest news NEW subsite: IRHB Editions, currently with a single edition: A Gest of Robyn Hode ⁃ 2024-03-12: All tithe awards for the following English counties have now been searched for Robin Hood-related place names: …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-09-03. Revised by … The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood belongs to the large group of mostly late ballads in which the outlaw and/or members of his band accost a stalwart stranger, who usually represents some trade, and engage in a fight with him. In this case the stranger turns out to be a cousin of Robin Hood's named Gamble Gold. As Child notes, this ballad is essentially a traditional version of Robin Hood Newly Revived Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. III, p. 154. and therefore, like it, preserves a distant echo of the tale of Gamelyn. Plot A pedlar with a pack on his back is accosted by Robin Hood and Little John. The latter asks him what he is carrying. The pedlar says his pack is full of suits of green silk and silken bow-strings. Little John wants half of it. The pedlar says he can have it all if he can make him yield an inch. Little John pulls out his sword, and the two fight. Taunting them, Robin says he could find a smaller man who could …
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  • By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-07. Revised by … Editions Scholarly and literary collections ⁃ Allingham, William 1865a, pp. 160-236. Title: A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode ⁃⁃ Allingham, William 1886a, pp. 160-236. Title: A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode ⁃⁃ Allingham, William 1898a, pp. 160-236. Title: A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode ⁃ Arber, Edward 1877a, vol. VI, pp. 423-68 ⁃⁃ Arber, Edward 1880a, vol. VI, pp. 423-68 ⁃ Campbell, William W 1853a, pp. 23-93: 'The Lytell Geste of Robin Hood'. Heavily modernized text ⁃ Child, Francis James 1882a, vol. III, pp. 39-89. Additions and corrections: vol. III, p. 519; vol. IV, pp. 496-97; vol. V, pp. 240, 297 ⁃ Eliot, Charles W 1910a, pp. 128-86 ⁃ Flügel, Ewald 1895a, pp. 171-86, notes pp. 449-56 ⁃ Gummere, Francis Barton 1894a, pp. 1-67; notes, pp. 313-20 ⁃⁃ Gummere, Francis Barton 1914a, pp. 1-67; notes, pp. 313-20 ⁃ …
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