Robin Hood may well be the most famous outlaw in the world, but he wasn't the only popular figure in Medieval England to be operating against the recognized legal authorities. Historian Will Hoff joins me for a discussion of the Outlaw Tale tradition and both how the early Robin Hood tales fit inside that tradition and how they were distinctly different.
If you're curious to learn more about some of the legendary and historic figures discussed:
Hereward the Wake
Fulk Fitzwarin
Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Cloudesly
Gamelyn
Eustace the Monk
Wat Tyler
Roger Godberd
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