Matter of the Greenwood Figure
Hereward the Wake
- Summary
- Leader of English resistance in the Fens against the Normans c. 1070, whose Gesta Herewardi turns him into a trickster-outlaw. Later fused with the Saxon-versus-Norman frame that Scott would attach to Robin Hood.
- Kind
- legendary-historical
Worldviews
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- MEDIUM