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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
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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
Guardian of the Trust Merlin’s Descendant’s #2 by Irene Radford [Editor’s note: The Magna Carta, which was signed on this date in 1215, underlies this volume of Irene Radford’s Merlin’s Descendants Series. Her book on the document itself, Magna Bloody … Continue reading