Episode 18: Robin Hood ultimate trickster and working-class hero.

Today we look at both the history and one of the earliest versions of the Robin Hood legend, which spread and gained popularity largely through the ballad traditions. While we do we will look at how he fits in with that classic trickster archetype, and how the social and economic factors of the 1300's led to fertile ground for the growth of his story.
Robin Hode and the Munke / Robin Hood and the Monk
Timeline Documentary
The Medieval Warm Period
The Great Famine
Black Death
  100 Years War
Peasant’s Revolt

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