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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-06. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>[[ | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-06. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p>[[File:Vivian charles nd 116-17.jpg|thumb|right|330px|Illustration by Harry E. Theaker from: {{:Vivian, Evelyn Charles 1927a}}, plate facing p. 116.]]<div class="no-img-homepage"> | ||
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== Short introduction == | === Short introduction === | ||
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It is hoped this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand title. I have called it "International" because in addition to the vast amount of material that exists in English, I 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 I had to find another name for the site.</div> | It is hoped this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand title. I have called it "International" because in addition to the vast amount of material that exists in English, I 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 I had to find another name for the site.</div> | ||
== Work in progress == | === Work in progress === | ||
<div id="frontpage-work-in-progress" class="frontpage"> | <div id="frontpage-work-in-progress" class="frontpage" style="margin-bottom:-30px;"> | ||
The menu items in the top right area of the site provide a rough guide to the topics and genres that are covered on IRHB. Given the vastness of the Robin Hood tradition — and this is no exaggeration — the site will always remain work in progress. This is important to keep in mind when reading specific entries, for although I sometimes gather materials from several sources and write a more or less well-rounded in-depth page on some topic, more often than not I work my way through the sources and add the various nuggets they contain where I believe they belong in the structure I have created. So any entry may at a given time lack important pieces of information because I have not yet got round to adding them. Over time this problem should become less pronounced. | The menu items in the top right area of the site provide a rough guide to the topics and genres that are covered on IRHB. Given the vastness of the Robin Hood tradition — and this is no exaggeration — the site will always remain work in progress. This is important to keep in mind when reading specific entries, for although I sometimes gather materials from several sources and write a more or less well-rounded in-depth page on some topic, more often than not I work my way through the sources and add the various nuggets they contain where I believe they belong in the structure I have created. So any entry may at a given time lack important pieces of information because I have not yet got round to adding them. Over time this problem should become less pronounced. | ||
At present there is at least some information on each topic or area of interest. As time will permit I gradually add information under all headings, but as there is such a wealth of data I have felt it necessary to focus, for the time being, on a couple of areas in order to retain the feeling – illusion? – that I am making measurable progress. Current high priority areas are [[Allusions|allusions]] (especially from the 16th and 17th centuries), historical records, and especially [[place-names|place-names]]. With regard to the latter a milestone was reached on | At present there is at least some information on each topic or area of interest. As time will permit I gradually add information under all headings, but as there is such a wealth of data I have felt it necessary to focus, for the time being, on a couple of areas in order to retain the feeling – illusion? – that I am making measurable progress. Current high priority areas are [[Allusions|allusions]] (especially from the 16th and 17th centuries), historical records, and especially [[place-names|place-names]]. With regard to the latter a milestone was reached on 1 Nov. 2017 when I completed my check of all 91 volumes of the English Place-Name Society's county survey.</div> | ||
== Current focus == | === Current focus === | ||
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In the spring of 2016 I embarked on a systematic search for Robin Hood-related place-names on the [http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-england-and-wales/index.html 6" O.S. maps of England and Wales at NLS]. There are [http://maps.nls.uk/series/index.html 38,370 maps], so in order to make the task more manageable I decided to focus on England and first edition map sheets only. However, when a sheet is found to include a relevant place-name, I also check all later revisions available at NLS. | In the spring of 2016 I embarked on a systematic search for Robin Hood-related place-names on the [http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-england-and-wales/index.html 6" O.S. maps of England and Wales at NLS]. There are [http://maps.nls.uk/series/index.html 38,370 maps], so in order to make the task more manageable I decided to focus on England and first edition map sheets only. However, when a sheet is found to include a relevant place-name, I also check all later revisions available at NLS. I have gradually worked my way through most of the counties. I am currently checking Surrey, where I do not expect to find many relevant place-names. When I am done with this county, just six more remain on the list, which I expect to finish by spring 2018. The search has yielded many 'new' place-names, more than fifty of which have not yet been added to the site.</div> | ||
== Acknowledgements == | === Acknowledgements === | ||
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I wish to thank the following for help, information, photos, unpublished papers, encouragement, stimulating discussions, a Robin Hood teapot, a Robin Hood hat, etc.: Mogens Andersen, BA; Karl Bencke; Gudrun Billeskov; Jill Boyes; Professor Graham D. Caie; Mogens Christensen, MA; Malte Christian Thiil Ehlers, MA; Dorrit Einersen, MA; | I wish to thank the following for help, information, photos, unpublished papers, encouragement, stimulating discussions, a Robin Hood teapot, a Robin Hood hat, etc.: Mogens Andersen, BA; Karl Bencke; Gudrun Billeskov; Jill Boyes; Professor Graham D. Caie; Mogens Christensen, MA; Tim Clough, Honorary Editor, [http://www.rutlandhistory.org Rutland Local History & Record Society;] Andrew Dawson; Paul Dunnill; Malte Christian Thiil Ehlers, MA; Dorrit Einersen, MA; Professor Søren Balling Engelsen; Karen Glente, MA; Inge Guldal, MPsych; Peter Harrod; Richard Hawlor; David Hepworth, PhD; [http://www.historiccountiestrust.co.uk/ The Historic Counties Trust] for permission to quote their county descriptions ''in toto''; Søren Bartholin Holm, MA; Professor Sir James Holt (who is no longer with us); Andi Ingleby, manager of collection metadata production, British Library; Annette Jung, MA; Gerner Dan Lauridsen, MA; Robert Lynley who does historical sleuthing better and more doggedly than any other Robin Hood aficionado; Bob Mullen; Søs Museth for books and comic books and things; Gertrud Thiil Nielsen for teaching her youngest brother ''Deutsch'' – among other things; Hans Thiil Nielsen for all our discussions about what really matters although it is unreal: time, space, and consciousness; Markus Kai Nielsen for the IRHB logo; Tove Nielsen for many talks and discussions; Vagn Thiil Nielsen (who is no longer with us) for his support, his many hours of photocopying and teaching me the uses of encyclopedias and dictionaries; Ingeborg Nixon, PhD (who is no longer with us); [https://nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/ Nottingham Hidden History Team] through their liaison officer Mr Jimmy Notts for permission to use illustrations from their blog; Thomas Ohlgren, professor emeritus; 'Onewish1' (Allison), user of the National Gardening Association website; Jan Eigil Pedersen; [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/user.php?op=userinfo&uname=TimPrevett Tim Prevett, MA,] [http://www.slowtelevision.blogspot.com/ producer, consultant and lecturer on slow TV,] for use of photos; Philip Sampson; Ian Short, professor emeritus; Hans-Christian Simonsen, MA; Vibeke Sommer, MA; Geoff Spencer; Mimi Stawski; [http://pub16.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=1318671680&frmid=394 Thorpe Thewles Local History Group].</div> | ||
== Participants wanted == | === Participants wanted === | ||
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Unlike many other wikis, this one cannot be edited or added to by casual visitors who also cannot sign up via the site. The reason for this restrictive policy is that I wish to avoid vandalism and confine active membership to people with knowledge of the Robin Hood tradition. Contributors are more than welcome. There is really only one requirement: a serious interest in anything Hood. The learning curve is | Unlike many other wikis, this one cannot be edited or added to by casual visitors who also cannot sign up via the site. The reason for this restrictive policy is that I wish to avoid vandalism and confine active membership to people with knowledge of the Robin Hood tradition. Contributors are more than welcome. There is really only one requirement: a serious interest in anything Hood. The learning curve is not steep if you are used to editing Wikipedia or other [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki%3F Mediawiki] sites. If you do not wish to spend time and energy learning Wikipedia-style annotations, you are very welcome to write your contributions as plain text and let me handle the formatting. Your name will of course appear in the byline, and others are not supposed to make major changes to your contributions without your permission. Any pages you write are of course your own intellectual property, though IRHB retains the right to preserve and make available to the public any submitted content. You thus cannot remove pages, but you can publish their content in other media and fora. Please contact me if you would like to contribute to IRHB. See next for contact information.</div> | ||
== Contact == | === Contact === | ||
<div id="frontpage-contact" class="frontpage"> | <div id="frontpage-contact" class="frontpage"> | ||
Do contact me with comments, corrections etc. Do let me know if you wish to contribute to IRHB. You can reach me via the [[irhb:Contact|Contact]] page.</div> | Do contact me with comments, corrections etc. Do let me know if you wish to contribute to IRHB. You can reach me via the [[irhb:Contact|Contact]] page.</div> | ||
== Section by section == | === Section by section === | ||
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IRHB has grown into quite a large site. | IRHB has grown into quite a large site. If you are a new visitor, the information for each section listed in the boxes below can help you find information on the areas you are most interested in. If you are a regular, it will help you stay up-to-date with changes and additions to the site. It will also give you a good idea which sections of the site are more mature and which are still at an early stage of development. Perhaps you can help create more content for the latter?</div> | ||
<div id="frontpage-news" class="frontpage"> | <div id="frontpage-news" class="frontpage"> | ||
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=== Allusions === | ==== Allusions ==== | ||
<p>Allusions in works of prose fiction, poetry, non-specialist local history and topography, letters, itineraries, bio­gra­phies etc.</p> | <p>Allusions in works of prose fiction, poetry, non-specialist local history and topography, letters, itineraries, bio­gra­phies etc.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Allusions-topics]]|format=count}} pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts.</p> | <p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Allusions-topics]]|format=count}} pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts.</p> | ||
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=== Analogues === | ==== Analogues ==== | ||
<p>Other outlaw traditions, sources and analogues of Robin Hood ballads</p> | <p>Other outlaw traditions, sources and analogues of Robin Hood ballads</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Analogues-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Analogues-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Artifacts === | ==== Artifacts ==== | ||
<p>Mass-produced artifacts such as postcards and cigarette cards, unique artifacts such as statues</p> | <p>Mass-produced artifacts such as postcards and cigarette cards, unique artifacts such as statues</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Artifacts-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Artifacts-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Ballads === | ==== Ballads ==== | ||
<p>The Robin Hood ballads – lists of editions, studies and criticism, allusions to specific ballads</p> | <p>The Robin Hood ballads – lists of editions, studies and criticism, allusions to specific ballads</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Ballads-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Ballads-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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==== Bibliography ==== | |||
=== Bibliography === | |||
<p>Bibliographies, from bibliographical monographs to short lists in books and articles. Analytical bibliography also covered</p> | <p>Bibliographies, from bibliographical monographs to short lists in books and articles. Analytical bibliography also covered</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Bibliography-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Bibliography-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p> | ||
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=== Chronicles === | ==== Chronicles ==== | ||
<p>Chronicle entries on Robin Hood ''c.'' 1420–''c.'' 1600</p> | <p>Chronicle entries on Robin Hood ''c.'' 1420–''c.'' 1600</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Chronicles-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Chronicles-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Comics === | ==== Comics ==== | ||
<p>Comic books, magazines, and strips; cartoons</p> | <p>Comic books, magazines, and strips; cartoons</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Comics-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Comics-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Criticism === | ==== Criticism ==== | ||
<p>Literary criticism, literary history, folklore studies, cultural studies, semiotics etc.</p> | <p>Literary criticism, literary history, folklore studies, cultural studies, semiotics etc.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Criticism-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Criticism-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p> | ||
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=== Drama === | ==== Drama ==== | ||
<p>Drama, medieval to modern, including operas, operettas, musicals, pantomimes etc.</p> | <p>Drama, medieval to modern, including operas, operettas, musicals, pantomimes etc.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Drama-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Drama-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Early Prose === | ==== Early Prose ==== | ||
<p>Early prose works, between chronicle and children's book</p> | <p>Early prose works, between chronicle and children's book</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Early prose-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Early prose-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p> | ||
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=== Festivals === | ==== Festivals ==== | ||
<p>May games, summer games, Whitsun ales, church ales etc.</p> | <p>May games, summer games, Whitsun ales, church ales etc.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Festivals-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Festivals-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Films === | ==== Films ==== | ||
<p>Feature films, TV series, cartoons, films with Robin Hood titles etc.</p> | <p>Feature films, TV series, cartoons, films with Robin Hood titles etc.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Films-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Films-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Historiography === | ==== Historiography ==== | ||
<p>Records relating to historical persons, criminal or law-abiding, named Robin Hood, Little John etc. Origin and audience of early tales, archery, crime etc.</p> | <p>Records relating to historical persons, criminal or law-abiding, named Robin Hood, Little John etc. Origin and audience of early tales, archery, crime etc.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Historiography-topics]]|format=count}} pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts, as well as landing pages for various groupings of records.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Historiography-topics]]|format=count}} pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts, as well as landing pages for various groupings of records.</p> | ||
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<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p> | <p class="after-list">Most recently added</p> | ||
{{#ask:[[Category:Historiography-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort= | {{#ask:[[Category:Historiography-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Creation date|order=descending|searchlabel=}} | ||
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=== Juvenile === | |||
==== Juvenile ==== | |||
<p>Children's books, picture books, short stories, poetry etc.</p> | <p>Children's books, picture books, short stories, poetry etc.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Juvenile-topics]]|format=count}} pages, including landing pages for each letter of the alphabet (currently only {{#ask:[[Category:Children's books]]|format=count}}).</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Juvenile-topics]]|format=count}} pages, including landing pages for each letter of the alphabet (currently only {{#ask:[[Category:Children's books]]|format=count}}).</p> | ||
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==== Linguistics ==== | |||
=== Linguistics === | |||
<p>List of works and paper discussing linguistic aspects of early Robin Hood tales. IRHB notes on linguistic topics.</p> | <p>List of works and paper discussing linguistic aspects of early Robin Hood tales. IRHB notes on linguistic topics.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Linguistics-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Linguistics-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Music === | ==== Music ==== | ||
<p>Music – operetta to post-punk.</p> | <p>Music – operetta to post-punk.</p> | ||
<p>Section landing-page: [[Music]] (1 sub-page)</p> | <p>Section landing-page: [[Music]] (1 sub-page)</p> | ||
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==== Mythology ==== | |||
=== Mythology === | |||
<p>Monographs and articles arguing the Robin Hood figure originated in fertility rites etc. Monographs and articles arguing criticizing such hypotheses.</p> | <p>Monographs and articles arguing the Robin Hood figure originated in fertility rites etc. Monographs and articles arguing criticizing such hypotheses.</p> | ||
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==== Originators ==== | |||
=== Originators === | |||
<p>Full bibliographical data of printed (and some MS) sources cited on IRHB, arranged alphabetically under originators' sur­names. Item entries include short title forms for citation on other pages.</p> | <p>Full bibliographical data of printed (and some MS) sources cited on IRHB, arranged alphabetically under originators' sur­names. Item entries include short title forms for citation on other pages.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Originators-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Originators-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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==== Place-Names ==== | |||
=== Place-Names === | |||
<p>Places named after Robin Hood and subsidiary characters of the tradition; localities mentioned in Robin Hood literature, mainly before 1800.</p> | <p>Places named after Robin Hood and subsidiary characters of the tradition; localities mentioned in Robin Hood literature, mainly before 1800.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Place-names-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Place-names-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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* [[Sources discussing place-names]]. | * [[Sources discussing place-names]]. | ||
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p> | <p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p> | ||
* [[Place-name choropleths]] | |||
* [[Barnsdale (Doncaster)]] | * [[Barnsdale (Doncaster)]] | ||
* [[Barnsdale (Exton)]] | * [[Barnsdale (Exton)]] | ||
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==== Plant Names ==== | |||
=== Plant Names === | |||
<p>Folk names of plants; trade names of cultivated varieties.</p> | <p>Folk names of plants; trade names of cultivated varieties.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Plant names-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Plant names-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
<p>Section landing-page: [[Plant names]].</p> | <p>Section landing-page: [[Plant names]].</p> | ||
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p> | <p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p> | ||
* [[Robin Hood - Geranium robertianum | * [[Robin Hood - Geranium robertianum]] | ||
* [[Robin Hood - Silene dioica | * [[Robin Hood - Silene dioica]]. | ||
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p> | <p class="after-list">Most recently added</p> | ||
{{#ask:[[Category:Plant names-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Modification date|order=descending|searchlabel=}} | {{#ask:[[Category:Plant names-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Modification date|order=descending|searchlabel=}} | ||
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=== Poetry === | ==== Poetry ==== | ||
<p>Poetry, excluding poetry written for children | <p>Poetry, excluding poetry written for children.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Poetry-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Poetry-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
<p>Section landing-page: [[Poetry]].</p> | <p>Section landing-page: [[Poetry]].</p> | ||
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=== Proverbs === | ==== Proverbs ==== | ||
<p>Proverbs relating to Robin Hood.</p> | <p>Proverbs relating to Robin Hood.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Proverbs-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Proverbs-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Software === | ==== Software ==== | ||
<p>Software, excluding websites and web-based games.</p> | <p>Software, excluding websites and web-based games.</p> | ||
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Software-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | <p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Software-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p> | ||
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=== Websites === | ==== Websites ==== | ||
<p>Websites dealing exclusively with Robin Hood or having substantial Robin Hood-related content.</p> | <p>Websites dealing exclusively with Robin Hood or having substantial Robin Hood-related content.</p> | ||
<p>Section landing-page: [[Websites]].</p> | <p>Section landing-page: [[Websites]].</p> | ||
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== Notes == | <!--=== Notes === | ||
<references/> | <references/>--> | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 19 November 2017
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-06. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-11-19.
Contents
Short introduction
Work in progress
The menu items in the top right area of the site provide a rough guide to the topics and genres that are covered on IRHB. Given the vastness of the Robin Hood tradition — and this is no exaggeration — the site will always remain work in progress. This is important to keep in mind when reading specific entries, for although I sometimes gather materials from several sources and write a more or less well-rounded in-depth page on some topic, more often than not I work my way through the sources and add the various nuggets they contain where I believe they belong in the structure I have created. So any entry may at a given time lack important pieces of information because I have not yet got round to adding them. Over time this problem should become less pronounced.
At present there is at least some information on each topic or area of interest. As time will permit I gradually add information under all headings, but as there is such a wealth of data I have felt it necessary to focus, for the time being, on a couple of areas in order to retain the feeling – illusion? – that I am making measurable progress. Current high priority areas are allusions (especially from the 16th and 17th centuries), historical records, and especially place-names. With regard to the latter a milestone was reached on 1 Nov. 2017 when I completed my check of all 91 volumes of the English Place-Name Society's county survey.Current focus
Acknowledgements
Participants wanted
Contact
Section by section
Allusions
Allusions in works of prose fiction, poetry, non-specialist local history and topography, letters, itineraries, biographies etc.
This section currently includes a total of 344 pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts.
Section landing-page: Allusions.
Allusions per century
- 1301-1400 · links · texts (6 pages)
- 1401-1500 · links · texts (13 pages)
- 1501-1600 · links · texts (79 pages)
- 1601-1700 · links · texts (55 pages)
- 1701-1800 · links · texts (41 pages)
- 1801-1900 · links · texts (102 pages)
- 1901-2000 · links · texts (29 pages).
IRHB favourites
- 1309 - Anonymous - Annales Londonienses
- 1324 - Louis, count of Flanders, to Edward II or III
- 1473 - Paston, John - To John Paston
- 1667 - Cosin, John - Household Book
- 1883 - Bayzand, William - Coaching in and out of Oxford.
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- 1535 - Leland, John - Itinerary (3)
- 1910 - Sumner, Heywood - Book of Gorley
- 1841 - Hall, Spencer Timothy - Forester's Offering (2)
- 1841 - Hall, Spencer Timothy - Forester's Offering (1)
- 1486 - A Shorte and a Brief Memory
- 1859 - Green, Henry - Knutsford
- 1817 - Pitt, William - Topographical History of Staffordshire
- 1845 - Palmer, Charles Ferrers - History of Tamworth (2)
- 1845 - Palmer, Charles Ferrers - History of Tamworth (1)
- 1886 - Redfern, Francis - History and Antiquities of Town of Uttoxeter (4)
Analogues
Other outlaw traditions, sources and analogues of Robin Hood ballads
This section currently includes a total of 30 pages.
Section landing-page: Analogues.
Pages
- British analogues (0 pages)
- European analogues (0 pages)
- North American analogues (0 pages)
- Asian analogues
- International analogues (0 pages)
- Anthologies (analogues)
- Studies and criticism (analogues)
- Allusions (analogues).
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Artifacts
Mass-produced artifacts such as postcards and cigarette cards, unique artifacts such as statues
This section currently includes a total of 9 pages.
Section landing-page: Artifacts.
Pages
- Postcards - theatre (0 page)
- Postcards - topography (list of links to place-names section)
- Cigarette cards (1 page)
- Means of payment (2 page).
- Studies and criticism.
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Ballads
The Robin Hood ballads – lists of editions, studies and criticism, allusions to specific ballads
This section currently includes a total of 47 pages.
Section landing-page: Ballads.
Pages
- Ballads (41 pages)
- Garlands of Robin Hood
- Scholarly ballad collections
- Ballad studies and criticism
- Allusions to ballads.
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Bibliography
Bibliographies, from bibliographical monographs to short lists in books and articles. Analytical bibliography also covered
This section currently includes 1 page.
Section landing-page: Bibliography.
Chronicles
Chronicle entries on Robin Hood c. 1420–c. 1600
This section currently includes 17 pages.
Section landing-page: Chronicles.
Pages
IRHB favourites
Most recently added
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (5)
- 1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (3)
- 1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (2)
- 1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (4)
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (1)
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (2)
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (3)
- 1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (4)
- 1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (1)
- 1521 - Major, John - Historia Maioris Britanniae
Comics
Comic books, magazines, and strips; cartoons
This section currently includes 8 pages.
Section landing-page: Comics.
Pages
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Criticism
Literary criticism, literary history, folklore studies, cultural studies, semiotics etc.
This section currently includes 1 page.
Section landing-page: Criticism.
Drama
Drama, medieval to modern, including operas, operettas, musicals, pantomimes etc.
This section currently includes 27 pages.
Section landing-page: Drama.
Pages
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Early Prose
Early prose works, between chronicle and children's book
This section currently includes 3 page.
Section landing-page: Early prose.
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Festivals
May games, summer games, Whitsun ales, church ales etc.
This section currently includes 53 pages.
Section landing-page: Festivals (on festivals in England).
Pages
- Festivals (15 county landing-pages)
- Festivals in Scotland (3 county landing-pages)
- Allusions (festivals)
- Festivals in North America (1 state landing page)
IRHB favourites
- Devon festivals
- Ashburton festivals
- Shooter's Hill festivals
- Stepney festivals
- Richmond festivals
- Banbury festivals
- Calne festivals
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Films
Feature films, TV series, cartoons, films with Robin Hood titles etc.
This section currently includes 11 pages.
Section landing-page: Films.
Pages
- Film chronology (4 pages). The same materials sub-divided into:
- Feature films (1 page)
- Television series (1 page)
- Films with Robin Hood-related titles (2 page)
- Filmographies
- Film studies and criticism.
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Historiography
Records relating to historical persons, criminal or law-abiding, named Robin Hood, Little John etc. Origin and audience of early tales, archery, crime etc.
This section currently includes 746 pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts, as well as landing pages for various groupings of records.
Section landing-page: Historiography.
Topic pages
Records per century
- 1201-1300 · links · texts (42 pages)
- 1301-1400 · links · texts (377 pages)
- 1401-1500 · links · texts (42 pages)
- 1501-1600 · links · texts (10 pages)
- 1601-1700 · links · texts (14 pages)
- 1701-1800 · links · texts (47 pages)
- 1801-1900 · links · texts (147 page)
General record groupings and topics
- Criminals named Little John · links · texts Records (26 pages)
- Criminals named Robin Hood · links · texts (10 pages)
- Criminals surnamed Robinhood · links · texts (1 pages)
- Persons named Little John · links · texts (96 pages)
- Persons named Richard at the Lee · links · texts (40 pages)
- Persons named Robin Hood · links · texts (149 pages)
- Persons surnamed Littlejohn · links · texts (4 pages)
- Persons surnamed Robinhood · links · texts (105 pages)
- Persons with names of minor characters · links · texts (13 pages).
Special record groupings and topics
- Little John the mariner · links · texts (11 pages)
- Robert le Hod of West Tisted · links · texts (11 pages)
- Robhoods of Walsham le Willows · links · texts (104 pages)
- Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls · links · texts (103 pages).
IRHB favourites
- Little John the mariner (record texts)
- Robert le Hod of West Tisted (record texts)
- Robhoods of Walsham le Willows (record texts)
- Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls (record texts)
- 1422 - Stone of Robert Hode.
Most recently added
- 1791 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (3)
- 1791 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (2)
- 1791 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (1)
- 1790 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (2)
- 1790 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield (1)
- 1665 - Court Rolls of Manor of Wakefield
- 1350 - Robert son of Peter Hode
- 1349 - Roger de Doncaster
- 1340 - Roger de Doncaster (2)
- 1340 - Roger de Doncaster (1)
Juvenile
Children's books, picture books, short stories, poetry etc.
This section currently includes 84 pages, including landing pages for each letter of the alphabet (currently only 17).
Section landing-page: Juvenile.
Topic pages
IRHB favourites
- Marshall, Henrietta Elizabeth - Stories of Robin Hood
- Pyle, Howard - Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.
Most recently added
- Children's books studies
- Juvenile
- Bush, Bertha Evangeline - Stories of Robin Hood
- Bredon, John - Outlaws of Sherwood
- Blundell, Agnes Mary Frances - Robin Hood to the Rescue
- Blundell, Agnes Mary Frances - They Met Robin Hood
- Bishop, Michael - Robin Hood
- Banta, Nathaniel Moore - Stories of Robin Hood
- Anderson, John - Robin Hood and His Merry Men
- Allen, Philip Schuyler - Robin Hood, Earl of Huntington
Linguistics
List of works and paper discussing linguistic aspects of early Robin Hood tales. IRHB notes on linguistic topics.
This section currently includes 3 pages.
Section landing-page: Linguistics, includes list of IRHB notes on linguistic topics (2 pages).
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Music
Music – operetta to post-punk.
Section landing-page: Music (1 sub-page)
Pages
- Specific works of music (1 page).
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Mythology
Monographs and articles arguing the Robin Hood figure originated in fertility rites etc. Monographs and articles arguing criticizing such hypotheses.
This section currently includes 1 page).
Section landing-page: Mythology.
Originators
Full bibliographical data of printed (and some MS) sources cited on IRHB, arranged alphabetically under originators' surnames. Item entries include short title forms for citation on other pages.
This section currently includes 6949 pages.
Section landing-page: Originators, with a landing page for each letter of the alphabet, including letters in non-English alphabets as well as Anonymous (29 pages).
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Place-Names
Places named after Robin Hood and subsidiary characters of the tradition; localities mentioned in Robin Hood literature, mainly before 1800.
This section currently includes 7 pages.
Section landing-page: Place-names.
Topic and sub-section landing-pages
- English counties: currently 43 landing-pages
- Clusters of place-names in England: currently 182 landing-pages
- Special groupings: currently 0 pages or landing-pages
- British place-names (outside England)
- European place-names
- North American place-names
- Asian place-names
- Gazetteers (place-names)
- Sources discussing place-names.
IRHB favourites
- Place-name choropleths
- Barnsdale (Doncaster)
- Barnsdale (Exton)
- Nottinghamshire place-names
- Place-names
- Robin Hood's Bay
- Robin Hood's Stone (Whitby Laithes)
- Robin Hood's Well (Barnsdale)
- Robin Hood's Well (Nottingham)
- Sayles (Barnsdale)
- Yorkshire place-names.
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Plant Names
Folk names of plants; trade names of cultivated varieties.
This section currently includes 19 pages.
Section landing-page: Plant names.
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Poetry
Poetry, excluding poetry written for children.
This section currently includes 9 pages.
Section landing-page: Poetry.
IRHB favourites
- Crossley, Thomas – Written at Grave of Robin Hood
- Scott, Walter – Inscription for Robin Hood's Well.
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Proverbs
Proverbs relating to Robin Hood.
This section currently includes 17 pages.
Section landing-page: Proverbs.
List pages
IRHB favourites
- Many speak of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow
- Robin Hood
- Robin Hood in Barnsdale stood
- Robin Hood's pennyworths.
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Software
Software, excluding websites and web-based games.
This section currently includes 3 pages.
Section landing-page: Software.
List pages
- PC games (1 sub-pages)
- Software criticism.
IRHB favourites
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Websites
Websites dealing exclusively with Robin Hood or having substantial Robin Hood-related content.
Section landing-page: Websites.
This section currently includes 1 page.