Robin Hood’s Merry Men: Robin Hood To wind up this romp through Sherwood Forest, I’m giving you a sketch of Robin Hood himself, the heart and soul of legend, ballads, poetry, folklore, and modern media. Robert Locksley, displaced Earl of … Continue reading
ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN: Maid Marian Strong women who are ready to defend themselves and their loved ones with mannish weapons are often called Amazons. Or a virago. In modern literature we call them kick-ass heroines. Enter Maid … Continue reading
ROBIN HOOD’S MERRY MEN: Alan a Dale Here we go again with the multiple spellings of character names. Alan is the current favorite, but Allen, Alen, Allin and others also appear. In my book, the sequel to Walk the Wild … Continue reading
ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN” Muche the Miller’s Son This is probably one of the hardest essays for me to write because until very recently I had never heard of Muche, or Midge, the Miller’s Son in connection to … Continue reading
ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN: Sheriff of Nottingham What is any good story without a villain to drive the plot? The Robin Hood mythology provides the template for all great villain roles. In the movies, the truly great actors, … Continue reading
Robin Hood and His Merry Men: Will Scarlett Will Scarlett has been a part of the Robin Hood mythology from very near its beginning. He seems to me to be a side character in the myths who changes, as needed, … Continue reading
ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRY MEN Friar Tuck In modern renditions of the Robin Hood stories, Friar Tuck is an essential element to the cannon. Usually he is portrayed as fat, jovial, a glutton, a prodigious drinker of ale, and … Continue reading
Robin Hood’s Merry Men: Little John As a companion to my blog series on the Magna Carta, I’m venturing forth with some character sketches of Robin Hood’s Merry Men. Let’s start with Little John, one of the oldest and most … Continue reading
by Phyllis Irene Radford We’re back to inheritance laws. Escheat is the reversion of land to an overlord or the state from whom it has been held in Tenure by a Tenant dying without heirs. Does that make sense? Baron … Continue reading
Some days I need a little silly. During my time as a sixth grade teacher at a private school, Howard Pyle’s Robin Hood was one of our texts. Its faux-medieval Victorian prose was actually a fairly easy way to accustom … Continue reading
