Matter of the Greenwood Scholar
J. C. Holt
- Position
- 'The Origins and Audience of the Ballads of Robin Hood', Past and Present 18 (1960), and Robin Hood (1982). Argued against Hilton that the ballads' 'yeoman' audience means the retainers and dependants of crown, aristocracy and gentry, not discontented peasants - and showed that late-medieval 'yeoman' covered both prosperous free peasants and middling household officials. The dominant position.
- Dates
- 1922-2014
- Field
- Medieval history
Worldviews
Provenance
- Source method
- Local PDF holdings (Past and Present 1960; Nottingham Medieval Studies review of Holt 1982; Albion review of Bellamy)
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH