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Medieval Outlaws: Ten Tales in Modern English
Medieval Outlaws Ten Tales in Modern English A colorful study of the folk hero outlaws of Medieval times - Robin Hood, William Wallace, Hereward - this fascinating book delves into the real lives of these enigmatic characters as well as other less familiar, but equally notorious outlaws - Earl Godwin, Eustache the Monk, Fouke Fitz Wayn, An Bow-Bender, Gamelyn, and William of Cloudesley. T... more »he author shows them as desperate men, driven to lives of crime by political intrigue or legal injustice. The committed capital crimes, but paradoxically, were loved, encouraged and supported by their communities. Here, for the first time, a single volume gathers ten outlaw tales, ranging in date from the Norman Conquest to the 16th century.« less