Matter of the Greenwood Document
The Tale of Gamelyn
- Summary
- A younger son cheated of his inheritance by his elder brother takes to the forest, becomes king of the outlaws, and returns to hang the corrupt justice and jury. Survives only in manuscripts of the Canterbury Tales, where it seems to have been intended for the Cook. The clearest literary ancestor of the dispossessed-outlaw plot Munday would later give Robin.
- Date
- c. 1350-1370
- Language
- Middle English
Worldviews
The Ballad Outlaw, Robert, Earl of Huntington
Provenance
- Source method
- Web research
- Review status
- DRAFT
- Confidence
- HIGH