The Tale of Gamelyn is a romance written in c. 1350 in a dialect of Middle English, considered part of the Matter of England. It is presented in a style...
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the Cook's unfinished tale is followed by the anonymous Tale of Gamelyn, and it has been suggested that Chaucer intended to rewrite the tale for the Cook...
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expansions of the Cook's Tale, which Chaucer never finished, The Plowman's Tale, The Tale of Gamelyn, the Siege of Thebes, and the Tale of Beryn. The Tale of Beryn...
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English mythology (redirect from Mythology of England)
Matter of England text. Its themes of kingship, justice and the rule of law relate to the politics of Richard II's reign. The Tale of Gamelyn (c. 1350):...
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the eponymous characters of The Tale of Gamelyn and William of Cloudslee as noble outlaws, who are always historical in tales, and who "stand in the mind...
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The Once and Future King is a collection of fantasy novels by T. H. White about the legend of King Arthur. It is loosely based upon the 1485 work Le Morte...
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skilled swordsman of the merry men whilst Robin Hood is the most skilled archer and Little John the most skilled staff wielder. In some tales, Scarlet uses...
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reworking of Robin Hood stories and other legends (such as The Tale of Gamelyn). The series portrays Robin Hood and Maid Marian as siblings, with the primary...
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Tale, the Prioress' Tale, the Clerk's Tale, and the Second Nun's Tale, and in a number of shorter lyrics. He may have adapted the form from a French ballade...
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in his hunt for the outlaws. In J Tullos Hennig's 2014 "The Wode" series, Guy, born Gamelyn, was a childhood friend and eventual lover to Rob before...
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The Sheriff of Nottingham is the main antagonist in the legend of Robin Hood. He is generally depicted as an unjust tyrant who mistreats the local people...
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Much, the Miller's Son is one of the Merry Men in the tales of Robin Hood. He appears in some of the oldest ballads, A Gest of Robyn Hode and Robin Hood...
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gussy up a classic tale with amped-up action and modern special effects." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100, based on 28...
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"Director X on swapping gender and race for an updated morality tale in 'Robyn Hood'". The Canadian Press. September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023...
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resemblance to some of the stuff in the old Damon Runyon tales." Michael Thornton, writing in The Sunday Express had this to say as part of his review. "I...
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14th century in literature (category 14th century in the arts)
(probably from Hainaut) Prick of Conscience (Yorkshire) White Book of Rhydderch The Tale of Gamelyn (anonymous) 'William' – William of Palerne (English translation)...
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Robin Hood (redirect from Robin Of Locksley)
media today. Robin Hood is considered one of the best-known tales of English folklore. In popular culture, the term "Robin Hood" is often used to describe...
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Princess of Thieves is a 2001 romantic adventure television film starring Keira Knightley, produced by Granada Entertainment USA; it premiered on ABC's The Wonderful...
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Sherwood Forest (redirect from The Sherwood Forest)
Forest is the remnants of an ancient royal forest in Nottinghamshire, England, having a historic association with the legend of Robin Hood. The area has...
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became the chaplain of Robin's band. In Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, he was specifically sought out as part of the tale of Alan-a-Dale:...
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the United States and South America, the film instead premiered on television, on the Fox network in those territories a month before the release of Robin...
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The Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men is a 1952 action-adventure film produced by RKO-Walt Disney British Productions, based on the Robin Hood legend...
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Merry Men (redirect from The Merry Men)
in the occasional film and various Robin Hood children's novels, such as Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, which includes the tale of Will's...
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Merry Men. The character first appears by this name in the ballad "Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford". The earliest surviving text is in the Forresters...
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in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial...
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Geoffrey Chaucer (redirect from The father of English literature)
also the first edition to offer descriptions of the manuscripts of Chaucer's works, and the first to print texts of 'Gamelyn' and 'The Tale of Beryn'...
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Hood: Prince of Thieves is a 1991 American action-adventure and comedy film based on the English folk tale of Robin Hood and loosely set in the 12th century...
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in one of the earliest references to Robin Hood by Andrew of Wyntoun in 1420 and by Walter Bower in 1440.[citation needed] In the early tales, Little...
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Maid Marian (category Fictional characters introduced in the 16th century)
plays the role of Lady Marian, as opposed to Maid Marian. In this version of the tale, she is daughter of a previous Sheriff of Nottingham and the love...
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with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a partially musical comedy retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader...
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