Arthur & Robin

Matter of the Greenwood Scholar

Maurice Keen

Position
The Outlaws of Medieval Legend (1961) and 'Robin Hood - Peasant or Gentleman?', Past and Present 19 (1961). Initially supported Hilton, later retracted in the face of Holt's evidence - an unusually clean example of a historian publicly changing position.
Dates
1933-2012
Field
Medieval history

Worldviews

The Ballad Outlaw

Provenance

Source method
Web research
Review status
DRAFT
Confidence
HIGH