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        <li>[[irhb:Contact|Do you wish to write content for the site?]]</li>
        <li>[[Robin Hood's Cave (Whitwell)]]</li>
        <li>[[1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (03)]]</li>
        <li>[[1831 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England (14)]]</li>
        <li>[[1835 - Lewis, Samuel - Topographical Dictionary of England]]</li>
        <li>Major additions to page: [[Origins and history]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Barnsdale (Exton)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Scottish parliamentary act 1555]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Scottish festivals - regulation and suppression]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[London festivals]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Shooter's Hill festivals]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Westminster festivals]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (1)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (2)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (3)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (4)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (5)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (1)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (2)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (3)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1587 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (4)]]</li>
        <li>Much updated: [[Pubs named the Green Man]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1509 - Fabyan, Robert - Fabyans Cronycle]]</li>
        <li>New allusion/chronicle entry: [[1521 - Major, John - Historia Maioris Britanniae]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood's Punch Bowl (Reagill)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood's Chair (Reagill)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood's Well (Catterlen)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[1857 - Sullivan, Jeremiah - Cumberland and Westmorland (1)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[1857 - Sullivan, Jeremiah - Cumberland and Westmorland (2)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood's Grave (Crosby Ravensworth Fell)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[1860 - Bland, John Salkeld - Vale of Lyvenett (1)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[1860 - Bland, John Salkeld - Vale of Lyvenett (2)]]</li>
        <li>The 400th English place-name: [[Robin Friend (Sheringham)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood's Chair (Ennerdale Water)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Wood for Hood]]</li>
        <li>New page. Going offshore: [[Robin Wood's Rock (Beadnell Bay)]]</li>
        <li>New page. Up north: [[Robin Hood's Bog (Chillingham)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood's Well (Colwell)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Places named after Ivanhoe]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Ashby-de-la-Zouch place-name cluster]]</li>
        <li>Site overhaul now finished. Shorter load latency. Easier navigation.</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood's Well (Nottingham) place-name cluster]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Hathersage Church place-name cluster]]</li>
        <li>Allusion added: [[1771 - Pennant, Thomas - Tour in Scotland]]</li>
        <li>Two records and ten allusions mentioning [[Robin Hood's Bay]] added</li>
        <li>Newly added Durham field-name: [[Robin Hood Pond (Thorpe Thewles)]]</li>
        <li>Trace the career of [[Little John the mariner (record texts)|Edward II's mariner Little John]] (work in progress...)</li>
        <li>New page: [[1314 - John Petit of Shorne pardoned]]</li>
        <li>New page on the film [[1941 - Robin Hood of the Pecos|''Robin Hood of the Pecos'']] (1941)</li>
        <li>Five [[Cumberland place-names]] added</li>
        <li>New allusion: [[1604 - Barlow, William - Summe and Substance of Conference]]</li>
        <li>New allusion: [[1712 - Hearne, Thomas - Remarks and Collections]]</li>
        <li>New place-name: [[Robin Hood (St Mary Magdalen Parish, Oxford)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion: [[1661 - Wood, Anthony - Note on Robin Hood ballads]]</li>
        <li>New allusion: [[1563 - Foxe, John - Actes and Monuments (1)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion: [[1563 - Foxe, John - Actes and Monuments (2)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion: [[1563 - Foxe, John - Actes and Monuments (3)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robinhoods Close (Brize Norton)]]</li>
        <li>New subsection on [[Festivals in Scotland]]</li>
        <li>18 [[Cheshire place-names]] added</li>
        <li>New page: [[Aberdeen festivals]]</li>
        <li>New: Google maps and charts in the [[Festivals]] section</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood's Cave (Rock Cemetery, Nottingham)]]</li>
        <li>New allusion: [[1583 - Robinson, Richard - Thirde Assertion Englishe Hystoricall]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Peebles festivals]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[1568 - Grafton, Richard - Chronicle at large]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Public houses named after Robin Hood]]</li>
        <li>New allusion: [[1985 - Fowles, John - A Maggot]]</li>
        <li>Improved page on [[1473 - Paston, John - To John Paston|John Paston's famous 1473 allusion]]</li>
        <li>New place-name: [[Robin Hood Ball (Netheravon)]] is not where some archaeologists think</li>
        <li>New page: [[Milton festivals|Milton festivals]] &ndash; 19th cent. Robin Hood festival in a Staffordshire town</li>
        <li>Click images to view them in a lightbox. Try it on the page on [[Fountains Abbey (Ripon)]]</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood Close (Barnsdale)]] &ndash; Newly discovered place-name in Barnsdale</li>
        <li>New pages: [[Robin Hood place-name cluster]] &ndash; 13 place-names in Robin Hood (Wakefield)</li>
        <li>New page: [[Rotherham place-name cluster]] &ndash; 2 place-names in Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire</li>
        <li>[[Robin Hood's Well (Nottingham)]] &ndash; long page on this important locality. Work in progress...</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood's Well (Laughton)]] &ndash; in Lincolnshire</li>
        <li>Recommended page: [[Marsk Stig]] &ndash; a Danish 13th century Robin Hood?</li>
        <li>New: complete episode summaries and cast list for [[1975 - Legend of Robin Hood]]</li>
        <li>Did you know there are plants named after Robin Hood? Meet [[Robin Hood - Silene dioica (plant name)|''Silene dioica'']]</lI>
        <li>New page: [[Robinhood Butts (Wiltshire)]] &ndash; unlocalized field or minor name first recorded 1669</li>
        <li>New page: [[Robin Hood and Little John (Hatfield Woodhouse)]]</li>
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=== By way of introduction ===
<p>It is hoped this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand title. I have called it "International" because in addition to the vast amount of material that exists in English, I intend to add information about materials in other languages such as translations of ballads, secondary literature, children's fiction, literature on foreign analogues of Robin Hood etc. Arguably "Bibliography" is a misnomer as the site already includes a wealth of all sorts of information one would not normally expect to find in a bibliography, but the bibliographical aspect is in all cases taken quite seriously, and there is already a wiki named the Robin Hood Wiki, so I had to find another name for the site.</p>
=== Perennial work in progress ===
<p>The menu items in the sidebar provide a rough guide to the Robin Hood-related topics and genres that are covered on this site. Given the vastness of the Robin Hood tradition &mdash; and this is no exaggeration &mdash; the site will always remain work in progress. This is important to keep in mind when reading specific entries, for although I sometimes gather materials from several sources and write a more or less well-rounded in-depth page on some topic, more often than not I work my way through the sources and add the various nuggets they contain where I believe they belong in the structure I have created. So any entry may at a given time lack important pieces of information because I have not yet got round to adding them. Over time this problem should become less pronounced.</p>
<p>At present there is at least a little bit of information on each topic or area of interest. As time will permit I gradually add information under all these headings, but as there is such a wealth of data I have felt it necessary to focus on a couple of areas in order to retain the feeling &ndash; illusion? &ndash; that I am making measurable progress. Current high priority areas are [[Allusions|allusions]] (especially from the 16th and 17th centuries) and [[place-names|place-names]]. With regard to the latter a milestone was reached on 12 October 2014 in that all relevant names from the eight ''English Place-Name Society'' volumes for the West Riding of Yorkshire have now been entered: a good one hundred Robin Hood-related place-names and localities were found for that (important) area alone. My tally for Yorkshire alone now exceeds that of [[Gazetteers (place-names)|Dobson & Taylor]]<ref name="DobTayl">{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311</ref> for all of England, and in many cases I have been able to supplement or correct information they provide. My entries on specific localities are often written up into short articles and generally are accompanied by photos, Google maps, links to, or images of, [http://maps.nls.uk/os/ online O.S. maps at NLS], links to other sites with information, bibliographical lists and (where relevant) lists of quotations from ballad sources or from IRHB's Allusions section.</p>


=== Maps, maps ===
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<p>In the spring of 2016 I embarked on a systematic search for Robin Hood-related place-names on the [http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-england-and-wales/index.html 6" O.S. maps of England and Wales at NLS]. There are [http://maps.nls.uk/series/index.html 38,370 maps], so in order to make the task more manageable I decided to focus on England and first edition map sheets only. However, when a sheet is found to include a relevant place-name, I also check all later revisions available at NLS. So far I have worked my way through more than half of the counties. I am currently checking Bedfordshire, where I do not expect to find many relevant place-names. The search so far has yielded a good many 'new' place-names which are added to the site by and by. I am also in the process of checking all English Place-Name Society volumes for relevant material, most but not all of which is included in Dobson & Taylor.<ref name="DobTayl" /> All except five volumes have been seen so far.</p>
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=== Contents ===
# [[#Short_introduction|Short introduction]]
# [[#Work_in_progress|Work in progress]]
# [[#Current_focus|Current focus]]
# [[#Acknowledgements|Acknowledgements]]
# [[#Participants_wanted|Participants wanted]]
# [[#Section_by_section|Section by section]]
# [[#Contact|Contact]]
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=== Overview boxes ===
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# [[#Allusions|Allusions]]
# [[#Analogues|Analogues]]
# [[#Artifacts|Artifacts]]
# [[#Ballads|Ballads]]
# [[#Bibliography|Bibliography]]
# [[#Chronicles|Chronicles]]
# [[#Comics|Comics]]
# [[#Criticism|Criticism]]
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<ol start="9">
<li>[[#Drama|Drama]]</lI>
<li>[[#Early Prose|Early Prose]]</lI>
<li>[[#Festivals|Festivals]]</lI>
<li>[[#Films|Films]]</lI>
<li>[[#Historiography|Historiography]]</lI>
<li>[[#Juvenile|Juvenile]]</lI>
<li>[[#Linguistics|Linguistics]]</lI>
<li>[[#Music|Music]]</lI>
</ol>
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<ol  start="17">
<li>[[#Mythology|Mythology]]</lI>
<li>[[#Originators|Originators]]</lI>
<li>[[#Place-Names|Place-Names]]</lI>
<li>[[#Plant Names|Plant Names]]</lI>
<li>[[#Poetry|Poetry]]</lI>
<li>[[#Proverbs|Proverbs]]</lI>
<li>[[#Software|Software]]</lI>
<li>[[#Websites|Websites]]</lI>
</ol>
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== Short introduction ==
<div id="frontpage-intro" class="frontpage">
It is hoped this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand title. I have called it "International" because in addition to the vast amount of material that exists in English, I intend to add information about materials in other languages such as translations of ballads, secondary literature, children's fiction, literature on foreign analogues of Robin Hood etc. Arguably "Bibliography" is a misnomer as the site already includes a wealth of all sorts of information one would not nor&shy;mally expect to find in a biblio&shy;gra&shy;phy, but the biblio&shy;gra&shy;phical aspect is in all cases taken quite seriously, and there is already a wiki named the Robin Hood Wiki, so I had to find another name for the site.</div>
 
== Work in progress ==
<div id="frontpage-work-in-progress" class="frontpage">
The menu items in the top right area of the site provide a rough guide to the topics and genres that are covered on this site. Given the vastness of the Robin Hood tradition &mdash; and this is no exaggeration &mdash; the site will always remain work in progress. This is important to keep in mind when reading specific entries, for although I sometimes gather materials from several sources and write a more or less well-rounded in-depth page on some topic, more often than not I work my way through the sources and add the various nuggets they contain where I believe they belong in the structure I have created. So any entry may at a given time lack important pieces of information because I have not yet got round to adding them. Over time this problem should become less pronounced.
 
At present there is at least some information on each topic or area of interest. As time will permit I gradually add information under all headings, but as there is such a wealth of data I have felt it necessary to focus, for the time being, on a couple of areas in order to retain the feeling &ndash; illusion? &ndash; that I am making measurable progress. Current high priority areas are [[Allusions|allusions]] (especially from the 16th and 17th centuries), historical records, and especially [[place-names|place-names]]. With regard to the latter a milestone was reached on 12 October 2014 in that all relevant names from the eight ''English Place-Name Society'' volumes for the West Riding of Yorkshire had then been entered: more than one hundred Robin Hood-related place-names and localities are now included for that (important) area alone. My tally for Yorkshire alone now exceeds that of [[Gazetteers (place-names)|Dobson & Taylor]]<ref name="DobTayl">{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311</ref> for all of England, and in many cases I have been able to supplement or correct information they provide. My entries on specific localities are often written up into short articles and generally are accompanied by photos, Google maps, links to, or images of, [http://maps.nls.uk/os/ online O.S. maps at NLS], links to other sites with information, bibliographical lists and (where relevant) lists of quotations from ballad sources or from IRHB's Allusions section.</div>
 
== Current focus ==
<div id="frontpage-current-focus" class="frontpage">
In the spring of 2016 I embarked on a systematic search for Robin Hood-related place-names on the [http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-england-and-wales/index.html 6" O.S. maps of England and Wales at NLS]. There are [http://maps.nls.uk/series/index.html 38,370 maps], so in order to make the task more manageable I decided to focus on England and first edition map sheets only. However, when a sheet is found to include a relevant place-name, I also check all later revisions available at NLS. So far I have worked my way through more than half of the counties. I am currently checking Somerset, where I do not expect to find many relevant place-names. When I am done with that county there are just 14 more, which I expect to finish by the end of 2017. The search so far has yielded a good many 'new' place-names which are added to the site as time permits. I am also in the process of checking all English Place-Name Society volumes for relevant material, most but not all of which is included in Dobson & Taylor.<ref name="DobTayl" /> I have now been through all volumes except one.</div>
 
== Acknowledgements ==
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I wish to thank the following for help, information, photos, unpublished papers, encouragement, stimulating discussions, a Robin Hood teapot and hat etc.: Mogens Andersen, B.A.; Karl Bencke; Gudrun Billeskov; Jill Boyes; Professor Graham D. Caie; Mogens Christensen, M.A.; Malte Christian Thiil Ehlers, M.A.; Dorrit Einersen, M.A.; Andrew Dawson; Paul Dunnill; Professor S&oslash;ren Balling Engelsen; Robert Fortunaso; Karen Glente, M.A.; Inge Guldal, MPsych; Peter Harrod; Richard Hawlor; David Hepworth, Ph.D.; [http://www.historiccountiestrust.co.uk/ The Historic Counties Trust] for permission to quote their county descriptions ''in toto''; S&oslash;ren Bartholin Holm, M.A.; Professor Sir James Holt (who is no longer with us); Annette Jung, M.A.; Gerner Dan Lauridsen, M.A.; Robert Lynley who does historical sleuthing better and more doggedly than any other Robin Hood aficionado; Bob Mullen; S&oslash;s Museth; Markus Kai Nielsen for the IRHB logo; Vagn Thiil Nielsen (who is no longer with us) for his support and many hours of photocopying; Ingeborg Nixon, Ph.D. (who is no longer with us); [https://nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/ Nottingham Hidden History Team] through their liaison officer Mr Jimmy Notts for permission to use illustrations from their blog; Thomas Ohlgren, professor emeritus; Jan Eigil Pedersen; [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/user.php?op=userinfo&uname=TimPrevett Tim Prevett, MA,] [http://www.slowtelevision.blogspot.com/ producer, consultant and lecturer on slow TV,] for use of photos; Philip Sampson; Ian Short, professor emeritus; Hans-Christian Simonsen, M.A.; Vibeke Sommer, M.A.; Geoff Spencer; Mimi Stawski; [http://pub16.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=1318671680&frmid=394 Thorpe Thewles Local History Group]; members of 'robinh&shy;hoodforum4'.</div>
 
== Participants wanted ==
<div id="frontpage-participants" class="frontpage">
Unlike many other wikis, this one cannot be edited or added to by casual visitors who also cannot sign up via the site. The reason for this restrictive policy is that I wish to avoid vandalism and confine active membership to people with knowledge of the Robin Hood tradition. Contributors are more than welcome. There are really only two requirements: interest in the Robin Hood tradition and an objective mindset. The learning curve will not be steep if you are used to editing Wikipedia or other [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki%3F Mediawiki] sites and know basic html. If you don't, I will put a little list of how-to's together. If you do not wish to spend time and energy learning mark-up, you are very welcome to write your contributions as plain text and let me handle the technical stuff. Please contact me if you would like to contribute to IRHB. See next for contact information.</div>
 
== Contact ==
<div id="frontpage-contact" class="frontpage">
Do contact me with comments, corrections etc. Do let me know if you wish to contribute to IRHB. You can reach me via the [[irhb:Contact|Contact]] page.</div>
 
== Section by section ==
<div id="frontpage-sections" class="frontpage">
IRHB has grown into a quite large site. The information for each section listed in the boxes below will help you find your way around if you are a new visitor. If you are a regular, it will help you stay up-to-date with changes and additions to the site. It will also give you a good idea which sections of the site are more mature and which are still at an early stage of development. Perhaps you can help create more content for the latter?</div>
 
 
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=== Allusions ===
<p>Allusions in works of prose fiction, poetry, non-specialist local history and topography, letters, itineraries, bio&shy;gra&shy;phies etc.</p>
<p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Allusions-topics]]|format=count}} pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Allusions]].</p>
<p class="after-list">Allusions per century</p>
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1301-1400}} · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Allusions {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1401-1500}} · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Allusions {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1501-1600}} · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Allusions {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1601-1700}} · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Allusions {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1701-1800}} · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Allusions {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1801-1900}} · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Allusions {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1901-2000}} · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Allusions {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Allusions {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages).
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[1309 - Anonymous - Annales Londonienses]]
* [[1324 - Louis, count of Flanders, to Edward II or III]]
* [[1473 - Paston, John - To John Paston]]
* [[1667 - Cosin, John - Household Book]]
* [[1883 - Bayzand, William - Coaching in and out of Oxford]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Allusions-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Creation date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Analogues ===
<p>Other outlaw traditions, sources and analogues of Robin Hood ballads</p>
<p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Analogues-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Analogues]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Pages</p>
* [[Analogues#british|British analogues]] ({{#ask:[[Category:British analogues]]|format=count}} pages)
* [[Analogues#european|European analogues]] ({{#ask:[[Category:European analogues]]|format=count}} pages)
* [[Analogues#northamerican|North American analogues]] ({{#ask:[[Category:North American analogues]]|format=count}} pages)
* [[Analogues#asian|Asian analogues]]
* [[Analogues#international|International analogues]] ({{#ask:[[Category:International analogues]]|format=count}} pages)
* [[Anthologies (analogues)]]
* [[Studies and criticism (analogues)]]
* [[Allusions (analogues)]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Marsk Stig]]
* [[Miracles]]
* [[Allusions (analogues)]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Analogues-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Creation date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Artifacts ===
<p>Mass-produced artifacts such as postcards and cigarette cards, unique artifacts such as statues</p>
<p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Artifacts-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Artifacts]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Pages</p>
* [[Postcards - theatre]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Postcards-drama]]|format=count}} page)
* [[Postcards - topography]] (list of links to place-names section)
* [[Artifacts#cigarettecards|Cigarette cards]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Cigarette cards]]| format=count}} page)
* [[Artifacts#meansofpayment|Means of payment]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Means of payment]]|format=count}} page).
* [[Artifacts#studiesandcriticism|Studies and criticism]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Roger Dickinson's token]]
* [[Pattreiouex - Sights of Britain]]
* [[Postcards - topography]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Artifacts-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Creation date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Ballads ===
<p>The Robin Hood ballads &ndash; lists of editions, studies and criticism, allusions to specific ballads</p>
<p>This section currently includes a total of {{#ask:[[Category:Ballads-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Ballads]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Pages</p>
* [[Ballads]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Specific ballads]]|format=count}} pages)
* [[Garlands of Robin Hood]]
* [[Scholarly ballad collections]]
* [[Ballad studies and criticism]]
* [[Allusions to ballads]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Gest of Robyn Hode]]
* [[Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford]]
* [[Robin Hood and the Monk]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently updated</p>
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=== Bibliography ===
<p>Bibliographies, from bibliographical monographs to short lists in books and articles. Analytical bibliography also covered</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Bibliography-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Bibliography]].</p>
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=== Chronicles ===
<p>Chronicle entries on Robin Hood ''c.'' 1420&ndash;''c.'' 1600</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Chronicles-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Chronicles]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Pages</p>
* [[Chronicles]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Chronicles]]|format=count}} pages)
* [[Anthologies of chronicle entries]]
* [[Chronicles - studies and criticism]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[1420 - Wyntoun, Andrew of - Original Chronicle (1)]]
* [[1577 - Holinshed, Raphael - Chronicles (5)]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
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=== Comics ===
<p>Comic books, magazines, and strips; cartoons</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Comics-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Comics]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Pages</p>
* [[Comics in C]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Comics in C]]|format=count}} pages)
* [[Comics - studies and criticism]]
* [[Comics bibliography]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Classic Comics - Ivanhoe]]
* [[Classic Comics - Robin Hood]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
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=== Criticism ===
<p>Literary criticism, literary history, folklore studies, cultural studies, semiotics etc.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Criticism-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Criticism]].</p>
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=== Drama ===
<p>Drama, medieval to modern, including operas, operettas, musicals, pantomimes etc.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Drama-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Drama]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Pages</p>
* [[Drama]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Dramas-specific]]|format=count}} pages)
* [[Drama anthologies]]
* [[Drama studies and criticism]]
* [[Drama bibliography]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Greene, Robert - George a Greene]]
* [[Unknown - Robin Hood Panto]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
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=== Acknowledgements ===
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<p>I wish to thank the following for help, information, photos, unpublished papers, encouragement, stimulating discussions, a Robin Hood teapot and hat etc.: Mogens Andersen, B.A.; Karl Bencke; Jill Boyes; Professor Graham D. Caie; Mogens Christensen, M.A.; Malte Christian Thiil Ehlers, M.A.; Andrew Dawson; Professor S&oslash;ren Balling Engelsen; Robert Fortunaso; Karen Glente, M.A.; Peter Harrod; Richard Hawlor; David Hepworth, Ph.D.; [http://www.historiccountiestrust.co.uk/ The Historic Counties Trust] for permission to quote their county descriptions ''in toto''; S&oslash;ren Bartholin Holm, M.A.; Sir James Holt (who is no longer with us); Annette Jung, M.A.; Gerner Dan Lauridsen, M.A.; Robert Lynley; S&oslash;s Museth; Markus Kai Nielsen for the IRHB logo; Vagn Thiil Nielsen (who is no longer with us) for his support and many hours of photocopying; [https://nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/ Nottingham Hidden History Team] through their liaison officer Mr Jimmy Notts for permission to use illustrations from their blog; Thomas Ohlgren, professor emeritus; Jan Eigil Pedersen; Philip Sampson; Ian Short, professor emeritus; Hans-Christian Simonsen, M.A.; Vibeke Sommer, M.A.; Geoff Spencer; Mimi Stawski, and the members of 'robinh&shy;hoodforum4'.</p>
=== Early Prose ===
<p>Early prose works, between chronicle and children's book</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Early prose-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Early prose]].</p>
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
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=== Participants wanted ===
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<p>Unlike many other wikis, this one cannot be edited or added to by casual visitors who also cannot sign up via the site. The reason for this restrictive policy is that I wish to avoid vandalism and confine active membership to people with knowledge of the Robin Hood tradition. Contributors are more than welcome. There are really only two requirements: interest in the Robin Hood tradition and an objective mindset. The learning curve will not be steep if you are used to editing Wikipedia or other [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:What_is_MediaWiki%3F Mediawiki] sites and know basic html. If you don't, I will put a little list of how-to's together. If you do not wish to spend time and energy learning mark-up, you are very welcome to write your contributions as plain text and let me handle the technical stuff. Please contact me if you would like to contribute to IRHB. See next for contact information.</p>
=== Festivals ===
<p>May games, summer games, Whitsun ales, church ales etc.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Festivals-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Festivals]] (on festivals in England).</p>
<p class="newsbox">Pages</p>
* [[Festivals#england|Festivals]] ({{#ask:[[Category:English counties with festivals]]|format=count}} county landing-pages)
* [[Festivals in Scotland]]  ({{#ask:[[Category:Scottish counties with festivals]]|format=count}} county landing-pages)
* [[Allusions (festivals)]]
* [[Festivals in North America]]  (1 state landing page)
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Devon festivals]]
* [[Ashburton festivals]]
* [[Shooter's Hill festivals]]
* [[Stepney festivals]]
* [[Richmond festivals]]
* [[Banbury festivals]]
* [[Calne festivals]]
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
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=== Films ===
<p>Feature films, TV series, cartoons, films with Robin Hood titles etc.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Films-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Films]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Pages</p>
* [[Film chronology]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Specific films]]|format=count}} pages). The same materials sub-divided into:
** [[Feature films]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Feature films]]|format=count}} page)
** [[Television series]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Television series]]|format=count}} page)
** [[Films with Robin Hood-related titles]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Films with Robin Hood-related titles]]|format=count}} page)
* [[Filmographies]]
* [[Film studies and criticism]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[1975 - Legend of Robin Hood]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Films-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Creation date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Historiography ===
<p>Records relating to historical persons, criminal or law-abiding, named Robin Hood, Little John etc. Origin and audience of early tales, archery, crime etc.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Historiography-topics]]|format=count}} pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts, as well as landing pages for various groupings of records.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Historiography]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Topic pages</p>
* [[Origins and history]]
* [[Historical topics]]
 
<p class="after-list">Records per century</p>
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1201-1300}} · [[Records {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Records {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1301-1400}} · [[Records {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Records {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1401-1500}} · [[Records {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Records {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1501-1600}} · [[Records {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Records {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1601-1700}} · [[Records {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Records {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1701-1800}} · [[Records {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Records {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} pages)
* {{#vardefineecho:period|1801-1900}} · [[Records {{#var:period}} (links)|links]] · [[Records {{#var:period}} (texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records {{#var:period}}]]|format=count}} page)
 
<p class="after-list">General record groupings and topics</p>
* Criminals named Little John · [[Criminals named Little John (links)|links]] · [[Criminals named Little John (record texts)|texts]] Records ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (criminal Little Johns)]]|format=count}} pages)
* Criminals named Robin Hood · [[Criminals named Robin Hood (links)|links]] · [[Criminals named Robin Hood (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (criminal Robin Hoods)]]|format=count}} pages)
* Criminals surnamed Robinhood · [[Criminals surnamed Robinhood (links)|links]] · [[Criminals surnamed Robinhood (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (criminal Robinhoods)]]|format=count}} pages)
* Persons named Little John · [[Persons named Little John (links)|links]] · [[Persons named Little John (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (historical Little Johns)]]|format=count}} pages)
* Persons named Richard at the Lee · [[Persons named Richard at the Lee (links)|links]] · [[Persons named Richard at the Lee (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (historical Richard at the Lees)]]|format=count}} pages)
* Persons named Robin Hood · [[Persons named Robin Hood (links)|links]] · [[Persons named Robin Hood (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (historical Robin Hoods)]]|format=count}} pages)
* Persons surnamed Littlejohn · [[Persons surnamed Littlejohn (links)|links]] · [[Persons surnamed Littlejohn (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (Littlejohn surname)]]|format=count}} pages)
* Persons surnamed Robinhood · [[Persons surnamed Robinhood (links)|links]] · [[Persons surnamed Robinhood (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (Robinhood surname)]]|format=count}} pages)
* Persons with names of minor characters · [[Persons with names of minor characters (links)|links]] · [[Persons with names of minor characters (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (names of minor characters)]]|format=count}} pages).
 
<p class="after-list">Special record groupings and topics</p>
* Little John the mariner · [[Little John the mariner (links)|links]] · [[Little John the mariner (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Records (Mariner John Little)]]|format=count}} pages)
* Robert le Hod of West Tisted · [[Robert le Hod of West Tisted (links)|links]] · [[Robert le Hod of West Tisted (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Robert le Hod of West Tisted]]|format=count}} pages)
* Robhoods of Walsham le Willows · [[Robhoods of Walsham le Willows (links)|links]] · [[Robhoods of Walsham le Willows (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Robhoods of Walsham le Willows]]|format=count}} pages)
* Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls · [[Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls (links)|links]] · [[Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls (record texts)|texts]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls]]|format=count}} pages).
 
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Little John the mariner (record texts)]]
* [[Robert le Hod of West Tisted (record texts)]]
* [[Robhoods of Walsham le Willows (record texts)]]
* [[Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls (record texts)]]
* [[1422 - Stone of Robert Hode]].
 
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
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=== Juvenile ===
<p>Children's books, picture books, short stories, poetry etc.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Juvenile-topics]]|format=count}} pages, including landing pages for each letter of the alphabet (currently only {{#ask:[[Category:Children's books]]|format=count}}).</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Juvenile]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Topic pages</p>
* [[Bibliography of children's literature]]
* [[Children's books studies]]
* [[Proto-juvenile]].
 
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Marshall, Henrietta Elizabeth - Stories of Robin Hood]]
* [[Pyle, Howard - Merry Adventures of Robin Hood]].
 
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Juvenile-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Modification date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Linguistics ===
<p>List of works and paper discussing linguistic aspects of early Robin Hood tales. IRHB notes on linguistic topics.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Linguistics-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Linguistics]], includes list of IRHB notes on linguistic topics ({{#ask:[[Category:Linguistics-notes]]|format=count}} pages).</p>
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[From Beornsdale to Barnsdale]]
* [[Wood for Hood]]
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
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=== Music ===
<p>Music &ndash; operetta to post-punk.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Music]] (1 sub-page)</p>
 
<p class="newsbox">Pages</p>
* [[Specific works of music]] ({{#ask:[[Category:Specific works of music]]|format=count}} page).
 
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Music-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Creation date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Mythology ===
 
<p>Monographs and articles arguing the Robin Hood figure originated in fertility rites etc. Monographs and articles arguing criticizing such hypotheses.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Mythology-topics]]|format=count}} page).</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Mythology]].</p>
</div>
 
<div class="newsbox">
 
=== Originators ===
<p>Full bibliographical data of printed (and some MS) sources cited on IRHB, arranged alphabetically under originators' sur&shy;names. Item entries include short title forms for citation on other pages.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Originators-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Originators]], with a landing page for each letter of the alphabet, including letters in non-English alphabets as well as Anonymous ({{#ask:[[Category:Originators]]|format=count}} pages).</p>
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Originators-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Creation date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Place-Names ===
<p>Places named after Robin Hood and subsidiary characters of the tradition; localities mentioned in Robin Hood literature, mainly before 1800.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Place-names-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Place-names]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">Topic and sub-section landing-pages</p>
* [[Place-names#counties|English counties]]: currently {{#ask: [[Category:English counties with place-names]]|format=count}} landing-pages
* [[Place-names#placenameclusters|Clusters of place-names in England]]: currently {{#ask: [[Category:English place-name clusters]]|format=count}} landing-pages
* [[Place-names#specialgroupings|Special groupings]]: currently {{#ask: [[Category:Place-names-topics]] AND [[Category:Special groupings]]|format=count}} pages or landing-pages
* [[British place-names]] (outside England)
* [[European place-names]]
* [[North American place-names]]
* [[Asian place-names]]
* [[Gazetteers (place-names)]]
* [[Sources discussing place-names]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Barnsdale (Doncaster)]]
* [[Barnsdale (Exton)]]
* [[Nottinghamshire place-names]]
* [[Place-names]]
* [[Robin Hood's Bay]]
* [[Robin Hood's Stone (Whitby Laithes)]]
* [[Robin Hood's Well (Barnsdale)]]
* [[Robin Hood's Well (Nottingham)]]
* [[Sayles (Barnsdale)]]
* [[Yorkshire place-names]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
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=== Plant Names ===
<p>Folk names of plants; trade names of cultivated varieties.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Plant names-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Plant names]].</p>
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Robin Hood - Geranium robertianum (plant name)]]
* [[Robin Hood - Silene dioica (plant name)]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Plant names-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Modification date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Poetry ===
<p>Poetry, excluding poetry written for children..</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Poetry-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Poetry]].</p>
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[1828 - Crossley, Thomas - Written at Grave of Robin Hood|Crossley, Thomas &ndash; Written at Grave of Robin Hood]]
* [[1832 - Scott, Walter - Inscription for Robin Hood's Well|Scott, Walter &ndash; Inscription for Robin Hood's Well]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Poetry-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Creation date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Proverbs ===
<p>Proverbs relating to Robin Hood.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Proverbs-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Proverbs]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">List pages</p>
* [[Proverb collections and lists]]
* [[Proverb studies and criticism]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Many speak of Robin Hood that never shot in his bow]]
* [[Robin Hood]]
* [[Robin Hood in Barnsdale stood]]
* [[Robin Hood's pennyworths]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Proverbs-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Modification date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
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=== Software ===
<p>Software, excluding websites and web-based games.</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Software-topics]]|format=count}} pages.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Software]].</p>
<p class="newsbox">List pages</p>
* [[PC games]] ({{#ask:[[Category:PC games]]|format=count}} sub-pages)
* [[Software criticism]].
<p class="after-list">IRHB favourites</p>
* [[Conquests of the Longbow (PC game)]].
<p class="after-list">Most recently added</p>
{{#ask:[[Category:Software-topics]]|format=ul|columns=1|limit=10|sort=Creation date|order=descending|searchlabel=}}
</div>
 
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=== Websites ===
<p>Websites dealing exclusively with Robin Hood or having substantial Robin Hood-related content.</p>
<p>Section landing-page: [[Websites]].</p>
<p>This section currently includes {{#ask:[[Category:Websites-topics]]|format=count}} page.</p>
</div>
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=== Contact ===
== Notes ==
<p>Do contact me with comments, corrections etc. Do let me know if you wish to contribute to IRHB. You can reach me via the [[irhb:Contact|Contact]] page.</p>
<p>&mdash; Henrik Thiil Nielsen (MA, AP cand. computer science),<br/>
Copenhagen, Denmark</p>
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Revision as of 14:08, 27 July 2017

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-08-06. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-07-27.

Illustration by Harry E. Theaker from: Vivian, Evelyn Charles 1927a, plate facing p. 116.

Short introduction

It is hoped this wiki will in due course come to live up to its somewhat grand title. I have called it "International" because in addition to the vast amount of material that exists in English, I intend to add information about materials in other languages such as translations of ballads, secondary literature, children's fiction, literature on foreign analogues of Robin Hood etc. Arguably "Bibliography" is a misnomer as the site already includes a wealth of all sorts of information one would not nor­mally expect to find in a biblio­gra­phy, but the biblio­gra­phical aspect is in all cases taken quite seriously, and there is already a wiki named the Robin Hood Wiki, so I had to find another name for the site.

Work in progress

The menu items in the top right area of the site provide a rough guide to the topics and genres that are covered on this site. Given the vastness of the Robin Hood tradition — and this is no exaggeration — the site will always remain work in progress. This is important to keep in mind when reading specific entries, for although I sometimes gather materials from several sources and write a more or less well-rounded in-depth page on some topic, more often than not I work my way through the sources and add the various nuggets they contain where I believe they belong in the structure I have created. So any entry may at a given time lack important pieces of information because I have not yet got round to adding them. Over time this problem should become less pronounced.

At present there is at least some information on each topic or area of interest. As time will permit I gradually add information under all headings, but as there is such a wealth of data I have felt it necessary to focus, for the time being, on a couple of areas in order to retain the feeling – illusion? – that I am making measurable progress. Current high priority areas are allusions (especially from the 16th and 17th centuries), historical records, and especially place-names. With regard to the latter a milestone was reached on 12 October 2014 in that all relevant names from the eight English Place-Name Society volumes for the West Riding of Yorkshire had then been entered: more than one hundred Robin Hood-related place-names and localities are now included for that (important) area alone. My tally for Yorkshire alone now exceeds that of Dobson & Taylor[1] for all of England, and in many cases I have been able to supplement or correct information they provide. My entries on specific localities are often written up into short articles and generally are accompanied by photos, Google maps, links to, or images of, online O.S. maps at NLS, links to other sites with information, bibliographical lists and (where relevant) lists of quotations from ballad sources or from IRHB's Allusions section.

Current focus

In the spring of 2016 I embarked on a systematic search for Robin Hood-related place-names on the 6" O.S. maps of England and Wales at NLS. There are 38,370 maps, so in order to make the task more manageable I decided to focus on England and first edition map sheets only. However, when a sheet is found to include a relevant place-name, I also check all later revisions available at NLS. So far I have worked my way through more than half of the counties. I am currently checking Somerset, where I do not expect to find many relevant place-names. When I am done with that county there are just 14 more, which I expect to finish by the end of 2017. The search so far has yielded a good many 'new' place-names which are added to the site as time permits. I am also in the process of checking all English Place-Name Society volumes for relevant material, most but not all of which is included in Dobson & Taylor.[1] I have now been through all volumes except one.

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank the following for help, information, photos, unpublished papers, encouragement, stimulating discussions, a Robin Hood teapot and hat etc.: Mogens Andersen, B.A.; Karl Bencke; Gudrun Billeskov; Jill Boyes; Professor Graham D. Caie; Mogens Christensen, M.A.; Malte Christian Thiil Ehlers, M.A.; Dorrit Einersen, M.A.; Andrew Dawson; Paul Dunnill; Professor Søren Balling Engelsen; Robert Fortunaso; Karen Glente, M.A.; Inge Guldal, MPsych; Peter Harrod; Richard Hawlor; David Hepworth, Ph.D.; The Historic Counties Trust for permission to quote their county descriptions in toto; Søren Bartholin Holm, M.A.; Professor Sir James Holt (who is no longer with us); Annette Jung, M.A.; Gerner Dan Lauridsen, M.A.; Robert Lynley who does historical sleuthing better and more doggedly than any other Robin Hood aficionado; Bob Mullen; Søs Museth; Markus Kai Nielsen for the IRHB logo; Vagn Thiil Nielsen (who is no longer with us) for his support and many hours of photocopying; Ingeborg Nixon, Ph.D. (who is no longer with us); Nottingham Hidden History Team through their liaison officer Mr Jimmy Notts for permission to use illustrations from their blog; Thomas Ohlgren, professor emeritus; Jan Eigil Pedersen; Tim Prevett, MA, producer, consultant and lecturer on slow TV, for use of photos; Philip Sampson; Ian Short, professor emeritus; Hans-Christian Simonsen, M.A.; Vibeke Sommer, M.A.; Geoff Spencer; Mimi Stawski; Thorpe Thewles Local History Group; members of 'robinh­hoodforum4'.

Participants wanted

Unlike many other wikis, this one cannot be edited or added to by casual visitors who also cannot sign up via the site. The reason for this restrictive policy is that I wish to avoid vandalism and confine active membership to people with knowledge of the Robin Hood tradition. Contributors are more than welcome. There are really only two requirements: interest in the Robin Hood tradition and an objective mindset. The learning curve will not be steep if you are used to editing Wikipedia or other Mediawiki sites and know basic html. If you don't, I will put a little list of how-to's together. If you do not wish to spend time and energy learning mark-up, you are very welcome to write your contributions as plain text and let me handle the technical stuff. Please contact me if you would like to contribute to IRHB. See next for contact information.

Contact

Do contact me with comments, corrections etc. Do let me know if you wish to contribute to IRHB. You can reach me via the Contact page.

Section by section

IRHB has grown into a quite large site. The information for each section listed in the boxes below will help you find your way around if you are a new visitor. If you are a regular, it will help you stay up-to-date with changes and additions to the site. It will also give you a good idea which sections of the site are more mature and which are still at an early stage of development. Perhaps you can help create more content for the latter?


Allusions

Allusions in works of prose fiction, poetry, non-specialist local history and topography, letters, itineraries, bio­gra­phies etc.

This section currently includes a total of 344 pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts.

Section landing-page: Allusions.

Allusions per century

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Artifacts

Mass-produced artifacts such as postcards and cigarette cards, unique artifacts such as statues

This section currently includes a total of 9 pages.

Section landing-page: Artifacts.

Pages

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Bibliography

Bibliographies, from bibliographical monographs to short lists in books and articles. Analytical bibliography also covered

This section currently includes 1 page.

Section landing-page: Bibliography.

Criticism

Literary criticism, literary history, folklore studies, cultural studies, semiotics etc.

This section currently includes 1 page.

Section landing-page: Criticism.

Early Prose

Early prose works, between chronicle and children's book

This section currently includes 3 page.

Section landing-page: Early prose.

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Festivals

May games, summer games, Whitsun ales, church ales etc.

This section currently includes 53 pages.

Section landing-page: Festivals (on festivals in England).

Pages

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Films

Feature films, TV series, cartoons, films with Robin Hood titles etc.

This section currently includes 11 pages.

Section landing-page: Films.

Pages

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Historiography

Records relating to historical persons, criminal or law-abiding, named Robin Hood, Little John etc. Origin and audience of early tales, archery, crime etc.

This section currently includes 746 pages, including two landing pages for each century, one with links, the other with allusion texts, as well as landing pages for various groupings of records.

Section landing-page: Historiography.

Topic pages

Records per century

General record groupings and topics

  • Criminals named Little John · links · texts Records (26 pages)
  • Criminals named Robin Hood · links · texts (10 pages)
  • Criminals surnamed Robinhood · links · texts (1 pages)
  • Persons named Little John · links · texts (96 pages)
  • Persons named Richard at the Lee · links · texts (40 pages)
  • Persons named Robin Hood · links · texts (149 pages)
  • Persons surnamed Littlejohn · links · texts (4 pages)
  • Persons surnamed Robinhood · links · texts (105 pages)
  • Persons with names of minor characters · links · texts (13 pages).

Special record groupings and topics

  • Little John the mariner · links · texts (11 pages)
  • Robert le Hod of West Tisted · links · texts (11 pages)
  • Robhoods of Walsham le Willows · links · texts (104 pages)
  • Robin Hoods in Wakefield Manor Court Rolls · links · texts (103 pages).

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Linguistics

List of works and paper discussing linguistic aspects of early Robin Hood tales. IRHB notes on linguistic topics.

This section currently includes 3 pages.

Section landing-page: Linguistics, includes list of IRHB notes on linguistic topics (2 pages).

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Music

Music – operetta to post-punk.

Section landing-page: Music (1 sub-page)

Pages

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Mythology

Monographs and articles arguing the Robin Hood figure originated in fertility rites etc. Monographs and articles arguing criticizing such hypotheses.

This section currently includes 1 page).

Section landing-page: Mythology.

Originators

Full bibliographical data of printed (and some MS) sources cited on IRHB, arranged alphabetically under originators' sur­names. Item entries include short title forms for citation on other pages.

This section currently includes 6949 pages.

Section landing-page: Originators, with a landing page for each letter of the alphabet, including letters in non-English alphabets as well as Anonymous (29 pages).

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Place-Names

Places named after Robin Hood and subsidiary characters of the tradition; localities mentioned in Robin Hood literature, mainly before 1800.

This section currently includes 7 pages.

Section landing-page: Place-names.

Topic and sub-section landing-pages

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Software

Software, excluding websites and web-based games.

This section currently includes 3 pages.

Section landing-page: Software.

List pages

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Websites

Websites dealing exclusively with Robin Hood or having substantial Robin Hood-related content.

Section landing-page: Websites.

This section currently includes 1 page.

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