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Heroic outlaw in English folklore who, according to legend, was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. Traditionally depicted as being dressed in Lincoln green, he is often portrayed as "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor" alongside his band of Merry Men. Robin Hood became a popular folk figure in the late-medieval period, and continues to be widely represented in literature, films and television
Robin Hood
Ballads
[edit]Collections
[edit]- Robin Hood: a collection of all the ancient poems, songs, and ballads (ed.) by Joseph Ritson (1795).
- The English and Scottish Popular Ballads no. 117 through 154, ed. by Francis James Child (1882–1898).
Early ballads (15th and 16th century)
[edit]Ballads in the Percy Folio (17th century)
[edit]- The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
- Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
- Robin Hood and Queen Katherine
- Robin Hood and the Butcher
- Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar
- Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires
- Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly
- Robin Hood's Death
Other ballads
[edit]- The Bold Pedlar and Robin Hood
- The King's Disguise, and Friendship with Robin Hood
- The Noble Fisherman
- Robin Hood and Allen a Dale
- Robin Hood and Little John
- Robin Hood and Maid Marian
- Robin Hood and the Beggar (Child 133)
- Robin Hood and the Beggar (Child 134)
- Robin Hood and the Bishop
- Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hartford
- Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
- Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow
- Robin Hood and the Newly Revived
- Robin Hood and the Pedlars
- Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon
- Robin Hood and the Ranger
- Robin Hood and the Scotchman
- Robin Hood and the Tanner
- Robin Hood and the Tinker
- Robin Hood and the Shepherd
- Robin Hood and the Valiant Knight
- Robin Hood's Birth, Breeding, Valor and Marriage
- Robin Hood's Chase
- Robin Hood's Delight
- Robin Hood's Golden Prize
- Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham
- A True Tale of Robin Hood
- The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield
Reference works
[edit]- "Hood, Robin," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Hood, Robin," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
- "Robin Hood," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)
- "Robin Hood," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Robin Hood," in A glossary of words used in the neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Addy (1888).
Other works
[edit]- "Robin Hood. To a Friend" by John Keats (1820).
- "Robin Hood" in The Atlantic Monthly, 1 (2)," in The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, no. 2 (December 1857).
- The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (1883).
- "The Origin of the Robin Hood Epos" in The Folk-Lore Journal, 3 (1885)
- "Eulogy of Robin Hood" by G. K. Chesterton (1903).
- "Robin Hood," in Heroes Every Child Should Know by Hamilton Wright Mabie (1908).
- Robin Hood, his book by Eva March Tappan (1908). IA
- Life in the Greenwood by Marion Florence Lansing (1909). IA
See also
[edit]- Robin Hood, disambiguation page