The Robin Hood Companion
Author | : Ronan Coghlan |
Publisher | : Xiphos Books |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2003-04-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780954493608 |
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Author | : Ronan Coghlan |
Publisher | : Xiphos Books |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2003-04-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780954493608 |
Author | : Garth Pearce |
Publisher | : Bantam Books |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780792456339 |
Tells the inside story of the 1991 movie, including interviews with its stars -- Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Geraldine McEwan -- and the director, Kevin Reynolds, as well as historical information about the legendary Robin Hood.
Author | : Ian D. Rotherham |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2013-07-18 |
Genre | : Dukeries (England) |
ISBN | : 9781445614748 |
Sherwood Forest is arguably the most famous historic landscape in the world, immortalized through storytelling, mythology, romantic books, and ultimately by Hollywood. This is the setting for Robin Hood, Little John and the rest of the 'Merry Men'. Yet behind the glamorous legends are equally fascinating places, people and histories. An important and vast medieval 'Forest' and extensive heath, the area was farmed and settled before that time. After the break-up of the Royal Hunting Forest came the famous establishment of great halls, houses and parks of the aristocracy, the so-called 'Dukeries', and then industry, with deep coal mining, wartime military training, and twentieth-century forestry. From the nineteenth century onwards, the region was a notable tourism and leisure destination, and the sites of famous oak trees such as the Major Oak were places one could visit to touch the past. Tourism continues today as visitors from around the world come to experience the forest's nature, history and myth. This book is not a guide to the region but a companion to the area, its history, its people and its landscape. As such, this volume will be of great interest to visitors to the region, to residents and to all those fascinated by the history and the legends of Sherwood and the Dukeries. The book focuses on Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries area, but in the context of the surrounding towns and villages and is richly illustrated with images from the past, including photographs, postcards, paintings and antique prints from over two hundred years.
Author | : Simon R. Green |
Publisher | : Berkley |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780425130896 |
Author | : David B. Coe |
Publisher | : Tor Books |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2010-04-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 142993381X |
Oscar® winner Russell Crowe stars as the legendary figure known by generations as Robin Hood, whose exploits have endured through out popular mythology. In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people. Robin Hood chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard's army. Upon Richard's death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion (Oscar® winner Cate Blanchett), a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff. With their country weakened from decades of war, embattled from the ineffective rule of the new king, and vulnerable to insurgencies from within and threats from afar, Robin and his men heed a call to ever greater adventure. This unlikeliest of heroes and his allies set off to protect their country from slipping into bloody civil war and return glory to England once more. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Robin Hood (Legendary character) |
ISBN | : |
Twelve selected adventures of Robin Hood and his outlaw band who stole from the rich to give to the poor.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 1828 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2023-12-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 6057861116 |
Robin Hood was the legendary hero of England who stole from the rich to help the poor. The stories about Robin appealed to common folk because he stood up againstand frequently outwittedpeople in power. Furthermore, his life in the foresthunting and feasting with his fellow outlaws, coming to the assistance of those in needseemed like a great and noble adventure.Early SourcesThe earliest known mention of Robin Hood is in William Langland's 1377 work calledPiers Plowman,in which a character mentions that he knows "rimes of Robin Hood." This and other references from the late 1300s suggest that Robin Hood was well established as a popular legend by that time.One source of that legend may lie in the old French custom of celebrating May Day. A character called Robin des Bois, or Robin of the Woods, was associated with this spring festival and may have been transplanted to Englandwith a slight name change. May Day celebrations in England in the 1400s featured a festival "king" called Robin Hood.Later VersionsBy the 1500s, more elaborate versions of the legend had begun to appear. Some of these suggested that Robin was a nobleman who had fallen into disgrace and had taken to the woods to live with other outlaws. Robin also acquired a girlfriend named Maid Marian and a new companion, a monk called FriarTuck. His adventures were then definitely linked to Sherwood Forest.Beginning in the 1700s, various scholars attempted to link Robin Hood with a real-life figureeither a nobleman or an outlaw. But none of their theories have stood up to close examination. Robin was most likely an imaginary creation, although some of the tales may have been associated with a real outlaw.Also at about this time, Robin began to be linked with the reigns of King Richard I, "The Lionhearted," who died in 1189, and of King John, who died in 1216. The original medieval ballads, however, contain no references to these kings or to a particular time in which Robin was supposed to have lived.Later versions of the Robin Hood legend placed more emphasis on Robin's nobility and on his romance with Marian than on the cruelty and social tension that appear in the early ballads. In addition to inspiring many books and poems over the centuries, Robin Hood became the subject of several operas and, in modern times, numerous movies.
Author | : Mike Dixon-Kennedy |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 1997-09-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0752495607 |
Robin Hood, whether riding through the glen, robbing the rich to pay the poor or giving the Sheriff of Nottingham his come-uppance, is one of the most captivating and controversial legendary figures. Was there a historical figure behind the legends? Did Robin and his Merry Men rampage through Sherwood Forest? Or did he spend most of his time in Barnsdale Wood in Yorkshire? And is the story of the freedom-loving Saxons refusing to be put under the Norman yoke, as portrayed in the Errol Flynn films, true?
Author | : Joachim Hayward Stocqueler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1849 |
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