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168:(1584–1654) puts it, "'how the wind sits. As take a straw and throw it up in the air; you shall see by that which way the wind is, which you shall not do by casting up a stone. More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as ballads and libels.'" Even though the broadsides are cultural ephemera, unlike weightier tomes, they are important because they are markers of contemporary "current events and popular trends."
81:, but the Sheriff refuses to release the men, disregarding Robin's plea because he appears as a beggar. Just as the men are about to be hanged at the gallows, Robin blows his horn, summoning his hundred archers. They rescue the three through violence and return to the green wood, celebrating the yeomen's entrance into Robin Hood's band.
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has argued that the tales developed among the gentry, that he is a yeoman rather than a peasant, and that the tales do not mention peasants' complaints, such as oppressive taxes. Moreover, he does not seem to rebel against societal standards but to uphold them by being munificent, devout, and
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161:. Child and others were reluctant to include such broadsides in their collections because they thought they "regularized the text, rather than reflecting and/or participating in tradition, which fostered multiformity."
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1584:The Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter
2004:Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford
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328:A brief and necessary instruction
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203:English Broadside Ballad Archive
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2116:Robin Hood Rescuing Will Stutly
2025:Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow
2018:Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar
1808:The Maid Freed from the Gallows
1325:The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
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1983:Robin Hood and Queen Katherine
1962:Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne
1640:Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
1241:The Fause Knight Upon the Road
940:Captain Wedderburn's Courtship
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301:"Robin Hood and the Beggar II"
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1745:Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight
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1563:The King's Dochter Lady Jean
933:Captain Ward and the Rainbow
926:Burd Isabel and Earl Patrick
919:Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane
589:Robin Hood and the Beggar, I
520:Singman, Jeffrey L. (1998).
242:National Library of Scotland
132:, their Victorian collector
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2179:Rose the Red and White Lily
2074:Robin Hood and the Shepherd
1955:Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale
230:Roxburghe ballad collection
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2011:Robin Hood and the Butcher
1976:Robin Hood and Maid Marian
1969:Robin Hood and Little John
1934:Redesdale and Wise William
1815:The Marriage of Sir Gawain
1773:Lord Thomas and Fair Annet
1731:Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet
1129:The Earl of Mar's Daughter
1094:The Duke of Athole's Nurse
849:The Bonny Lass of Anglesey
842:The Bonnie House of Airlie
545:Cambridge University Press
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2277:A True Tale of Robin Hood
2151:Robin Hood's Golden Prize
2088:Robin Hood and the Tinker
2081:Robin Hood and the Tanner
2060:Robin Hood and the Ranger
2046:Robin Hood and the Potter
1997:Robin Hood and the Bishop
1990:Robin Hood and the Beggar
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870:Broom of the Cowdenknowes
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1948:Riddles Wisely Expounded
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1920:The Queen of Scotland
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367:Brown (2010)
352:Brown (2010)
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340:Child (2003)
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2520:Percy Folio
2466:Young Peggy
2200:Sir Cawline
1836:The Mermaid
1647:Lady Maisry
1633:Lady Isabel
1626:Lady Elspat
1451:Johnie Scot
1444:Johnie Cock
1381:Hobie Noble
1297:Gil Brenton
1136:Earl Rothes
1087:Dugall Quin
975:Child Owlet
905:Brown Robin
499:Holt, J. C.
406:Holt (1989)
394:Holt (1989)
384:, p. 1
324:Watt (1993)
312:Watt (1993)
166:John Selden
2542:Categories
1738:Lord Lovel
1696:Sir Lionel
1612:Lady Alice
1535:King Henry
1500:Kemp Owyne
1304:Glasgerion
1192:Fair Janet
1178:Fair Annie
1108:Earl Brand
891:Brown Adam
596:Robin Hood
503:Robin Hood
262:References
159:literature
157:and early
146:folklorist
114:Robin Hood
51:Robin Hood
36:Robin Hood
2270:Tom Potts
1878:Sir Orfeo
1717:Lizie Wan
1507:Kempy Kay
1430:John Dory
1374:Hind Horn
1367:Hind Etin
1318:Glenlogie
758:Adam Bell
211:broadside
191:feudalism
183:historian
85:Ballad II
40:broadside
1171:Erlinton
501:(1989).
248:See also
180:medieval
61:Ballad I
53:meets a
2508:Related
2242:Tam Lin
1269:Geordie
716:Babylon
602:at the
573:at the
240:at the
232:at the
224:at the
205:at the
177:English
173:peasant
126:Puritan
79:sheriff
2490:Operas
1675:Lamkin
1150:Edward
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214:ballad
75:yeomen
55:beggar
43:ballad
1479:Judas
102:arrow
656:The
549:ISBN
526:ISBN
507:ISBN
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201:The
148:and
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