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[Essential] reading for anyone interested in the matter of greenwood. * THE RICARDIAN * This is more than just a detailed survey; it is an overview of the entire culture of Robin and who he might have been...This book is a delight. * INTERNATIONAL TIMES * [R]einjects a much-needed dose of reality into the academic study of the Robin Hood legend. . . Crook's monograph should be standard reading for any scholar who is interested in the origins of the historical Robin Hood. * The Medieval Review * [Crook] provides a significant contribution to the ongoing scholarship and scholarly debates regarding the real Robin Hood(s) and persons associated with him that are found within historical records. Crook places that archival material in dialogue with the extant literature and other late-medieval historical sources, especially those on crime and criminality in Yorkshire. In doing so, he reveals two strong contenders for the original Robin Hood and Sheriff of Nottingham. * CHOICE *

[Essential] reading for anyone interested in the matter of greenwood. * THE RICARDIAN * This is more than just a detailed survey; it is an overview of the entire culture of Robin and who he might have been...This book is a delight. * INTERNATIONAL TIMES *

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DAVID CROOK, now retired, spent his working life in The National Archives, where he became immersed in the extensive surviving early records of the English royal administration and common law. From those sources have emerged important findings which may identify a real criminal as the original of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood.

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