Table of Contents

Chapter 1 I The Matter of the Greenwood; Chapter 2 II The Story of Hereward; Chapter 3 III The Historical Background of the Hereward Legend; Chapter 4 IV The Romance of Fulk Fitzwarin; Chapter 5 V The Romance of Eustace the Monk; Chapter 6 VI William Wallace and the Scottish Outlaws; Chapter 7 VII The Tale of Gamelyn; Chapter 8 VIII The Robin Hood Ballads (I); Chapter 9 IX The Robin Hood Ballads (II); Chapter 10 X The Historical Background of the Robin Hood Ballads; Chapter 11 XI The Outlaw Ballad as an Expression of Peasant Discontent; Chapter 12 XII The Historicity of Robin Hood; Chapter 13 XIII The Outlaw in History; Chapter 14 XIV Conclusions; Appendix I THE SUPPOSED MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE ROBIN HOOD LEGEND; Appendix II SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; Appendix III ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; Appendix IV ROBIN HOOD IN RECENT HISTORICAL WRITING (1977–86): A POSTSCRIPT Index;