What's new at IRHB
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-06. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-11-25.
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
In the spring of 2016 I embarked on a systematic search for Robin Hood-related place-names on the 6" O.S. maps of England and Wales at NLS. There are 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.Acknowledgements
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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.
Most recently added
- 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).
IRHB favourites
Most recently added
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.
IRHB favourites
Most recently added
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.
IRHB favourites
Most recently updated
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
IRHB favourites
Most recently added
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
IRHB favourites
Most recently added
Early Prose
Early prose works, between chronicle and children's book
This section currently includes 3 page.
Section landing-page: Early prose.
Most recently added
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
Most recently added
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 pages)
- Filmographies
- Film studies and criticism.
IRHB favourites
Most recently added
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).
IRHB favourites
Most recently added
Music
Music – operetta to post-punk.
Section landing-page: Music (1 sub-page)
Pages
- Specific works of music (1 page).
Most recently added
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).
Most recently added
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.
Most recently added
Plant Names
Folk names of plants; trade names of cultivated varieties.
This section currently includes 19 pages.
Section landing-page: Plant names.
IRHB favourites
Most recently added
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.
Most recently added
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.
Most recently added
Software
Software, excluding websites and web-based games.
This section currently includes 3 pages.
Section landing-page: Software.
List pages
- PC games (1 sub-page)
- Software criticism.
IRHB favourites
Most recently added
Websites
Websites dealing exclusively with Robin Hood or having substantial Robin Hood-related content.
Section landing-page: Websites.
This section currently includes 1 page.