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* {{:Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard 1852c}}. Discusses and rejects Joseph Hunter's hypothesis. Sees Robin Hood as essentially a fictional character, thus foreshadowing Child's point of view
* {{:Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard 1852c}}. Discusses and rejects Joseph Hunter's hypothesis. Sees Robin Hood as essentially a fictional character, thus foreshadowing Child's point of view
* {{:Nielsen, Henrik Thiil 1991a}} (in Danish)
* {{:Nielsen, Henrik Thiil 1991a}} (in Danish)
* {{:Rahman, Sabina 2016a}}.
* {{:Rahman, Sabina 2016a}}
* {{Wilson, Geoff 2019a}}. Exploration of the historical and topographical background of the ''Gest'', mainly in the field. Has valuable insights, but the author rather too often goes astray because he does not know the ''Gest'' well enough (an example is his claim that it offers no clues that the 'Lee' from which the knight comes is situated in Lancashire), does not know most of the essential secondary literature, and advances novel place-name etymologies apparently without any knowledge of place-name studies or the specialist literature on the topic.


=== Of some interest ===
=== Of some interest ===

Revision as of 06:23, 13 August 2020

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-07. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-08-13.

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