

If you're interested in reading more adventures of Robin Hood, I strongly recommend the Robin Hood Project at the University of Rochester.

Spotlight Reviews of Robin Hood Books, TV shows and movies.Recommended Robin Hood Books, Videos and Music."Sir Robin Hood" (Robin Hood #4, May 1956, another comic book adventure) "The Prince and the Poacher" (Robin Hood #52, Nov. "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (Adapts both the Gisborne ballad and the rescue of the three squires).Prologue from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (Robin's adventure with the foresters and his first meeting with Little John).120, also includes excerpts from A Gest of 151, also includes excerpts from A Gest of The King's Disguise and Friendship with Robin Hood (Child No. 152, also includes excerpts from A Gest of Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow (Child No. Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne (Child No.Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford (Child No. Robin Hood Rescuing Three Squires (Child No. Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar (Child No. Robin Hood's Progress to Nottingham (Child No. You can also play one of the tunes used for many of the ballads.

Two comic book stories from the 1950s on here too. And you'll find Alfred Noyes' Sherwood, the first ofĬlayton Emery's Robin and Marian mysteries and The numbers are those assigned by the great 19th century scholar Francis Child in his multi-volume collection The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (the volume with the Robin Hood ballads appeared in 1888.)Īlso, I've included two excepts from Howard Pyle's classic 1883 children's novel The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (retelling the ballads available here). The ballads include introductions, and in some cases I've included multiple versions of the same story (including excerpts from the 15th century ballads). I prefer the earlierīallads, but I think these later ones are written in easily understood EnglishĪnd don't need footnotes. Mostly I have used ballads from the 17th century and afterwards. Scenes from these tales have been used in many novels, movies Composed over hundreds of years, these ballads form the Robin Well as a few other ballads which featured Robin Hood in some versions but Hood ballads (and variant versions of them) in his ballad collection - as The 19th century ballad scholar Francis Child collected 38 separate Robin
