SOLON Law, Crime and History (previously SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective)
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Eighteenth century criminal biography is a topic that has been explored at length by both crime historians such as Andrea McKenzie and Richard Ward, as well as literary scholars such as Lincoln B. Faller and Hal Gladfelder. Much of these researchers' work, however, has focused upon the representation of seventeenth and eighteenth century criminals within these narratives. In contrast, this article explores how England's most famous medieval criminal, Robin Hood, is represented. By giving a commentary upon eighteenth century Robin Hood narratives, this article shows how, at a time of public anxiety surrounding crime, people were less willing to believe in the myth of a good outlaw.
Publication Date
2016-01-01
Publication Title
SOLON Law, Crime and History
Volume
6
Issue
2
First Page
54
Last Page
70
ISSN
2045-9238
Deposit Date
April 2017
Embargo Period
2024-10-23
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Badeo, Stephen
(2016)
"'Robin Hood the Brute: Representations of the Outlaw in Eighteenth Century Criminal Biography,"
SOLON Law, Crime and History (previously SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective): Vol. 6:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Available at:
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/solon/vol6/iss2/6
