Matter of the Greenwood Topic
Where Maid Marian comes from
- Summary
- From the French pastoral tradition - Adam de la Halle's Jeu de Robin et de Marion (c. 1283) pairs a shepherd Robin with a Marion - by way of the English May games, where the two became the summer king and queen. She joins the Robin Hood story from the games, not the ballads, and Munday then makes her a noblewoman.
Worldviews
Robin of the May Games, Robert, Earl of Huntington
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH