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Revision as of 18:49, 21 May 2022

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-07-22. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-21.

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"[1]. 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?[2] – 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.

Studies and criticism

Brief mention

Places named after or connected with king and subject tales

Notes