Robin Hood: The Shaping of the Legend

by Jeffrey L. Singman and Jeffrey L. Forgeng

Among the narrative traditions of the Middle Ages, the Robin Hood legend holds a unique, important, and often overlooked position. Robin Hood's uniqueness and importance begins with his status as the only English contribution to world mythology. His is also the only lasting myth to arise from the High Middle Ages and the last Western legend to achieve a sustained international appeal. Several Robin Hood ballads survive from the Middle Ages, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313301018
• ISBN13: 9780313301018
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"