DAVID CROOK, now retired, spent his working life in The National Archives, where he became immersed in the extensive surviving early records of the English royal administration and common law. From those sources have emerged important findings which may identify a real criminal as the original of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood.
List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction The Medieval Tales of Robin Hood Chroniclers
Revellers
Playwrights and Antiquarians
c1420-1765 Editors
The Folklorist and The Archivist
1765-1889 Folklorists
Literary Scholars and Historians: Robin Hood in the Twentieth Century The Robin Hood Places The Robin Hood Names Robin Hood and Criminality Law and Disorder in Yorkshire
1215-1225 The Sheriff
The Fugitive and The Civil Servant Conclusion Bibliography Index
