The Outlaws of Medieval Legend
by Maurice Keen
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0710212038
- ISBN 13
- 9780710212030
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About This Item
U.S.A: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked wrappers, hinged, slight cover edge wear; binding tight, solid and square; pages and page edges quite clean and free from any markings. b/w in-text illustrations. The popular heroes of the Middle Ages were semi-mythical figures such as Robin Hood and Hereward the Wake. Maurice Keen explains the popularity of such figures and explores what it was in the outlaw stories that appealed to the common peopleof the Middle Ages, and discusses their origins, spirit and background. 234 pages with Appendices: 1. The Supposed Mythological Origin of the Robin Hood Legend. 2. Sources and Bibliography. 3. Additional Bibliography. 4. Robin Hood in Recent Historical Writing (1977-1986): A Postscript. Index. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 1987, Routledge & Kegan Paul, USA. Originally published in Great Britain in 1961.
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- Title
- The Outlaws of Medieval Legend
- Author
- Maurice Keen
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0710212038
- ISBN 13
- 9780710212030
- Publisher
- Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- MEDIEVAL HISTORY ADAM BELL EUSTACE THE MONK GAMELYN FULK FITZWARIN KING JOHN LITTLE SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM ROBIN HOOD
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. Medieval;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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