Historians on Robin Hood: The Outlaw's Legend in the Later Middle Ages

Offers a comprehensive thematic introduction to a wide range of medieval writings about the outlaw-hero from a series of different historical perspectives.


By the fifteenth century, churchmen were complaining that laypeople preferred to hear stories about Robin Hood rather than to listen to the word of God. But what was the attraction of this outlaw for contemporary audiences?

The essays collected here seek to examine the outlaw's legend in relation to late medieval society, politics and piet...