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Robin Hood
J. C. Holt
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Description for Robin Hood
Paperback. The legend of Robin Hood began more than 600 years ago. The man, if he existed at all, lived even earlier. This title assesses the evidence for the historical Robin Hood and finds that the tale originated with the yeomen and hangers-on of the households of noblemen and gentry in the later Middle Ages. Num Pages: 266 pages, 26 illustrations, 15 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 632.
The legend of Robin Hood began more than 600 years ago. The man, if he existed at all, lived even earlier. In this definitive work described as “the last word on Robin Hood”, Professor Sir James Holt, one of Britain’s premier historians and author of the standard work on the Magna Carta, unravels pure invention from real possibility and offers the results of some thirty years of research. He assesses the evidence for the historical Robin Hood and finds that the tale originated with the yeomen and hangers-on of the households of noblemen and gentry in the later Middle Ages. ... Read more
The legend of Robin Hood began more than 600 years ago. The man, if he existed at all, lived even earlier. In this definitive work described as “the last word on Robin Hood”, Professor Sir James Holt, one of Britain’s premier historians and author of the standard work on the Magna Carta, unravels pure invention from real possibility and offers the results of some thirty years of research. He assesses the evidence for the historical Robin Hood and finds that the tale originated with the yeomen and hangers-on of the households of noblemen and gentry in the later Middle Ages. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500289358
SKU
9780500289358
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About J. C. Holt
Professor Sir James Clarke Holt FBA is a medieval historian, and was the third Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University. He was Vice President of the British Academy from 1987 to 1989, and is the author of many books, including Magna Carta and The Northerners: A Study in the Reign of King John.
Reviews for Robin Hood
'The last word on Robin Hood … elegant and readable as well as authoritative ' - Observer 'First published in 1982 and never equalled' - Contemporary Review 'Mellifluous style, meticulous scholarship, a powerful historical imagination and profound human sympathy' - London Review of Books