Local sources
What is actually on this machine, where it is, and what is missing. The portal cites these; it does not copy them.
Arthurian — 32 holdings
| Title | Kind | Path on disk |
|---|---|---|
| Robert de Boron, Merlin and the Grail: Joseph of Arimathea, Merlin, Perceval (Boydell & Brewer, 2016) Filed under Robin Hood on disk; it is Arthurian. | primary-text | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\[Arthurian Studies] Boron, Robert De - Merlin and the Grail... - libgen.li.pdf |
| Chretien de Troyes, Perceval, the Story of the Grail (Arthurian Studies 5, 1986) | primary-text | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Studies 5 De Troyes Chretien Perceval the Story of the Grail libgen li.pdf |
| The Quest of the Holy Grail, trans. W. W. Comfort (In parentheses) | primary-text | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Old French series Comfort William Wistar The quest of the holy Grail translated by W W Comfort libgen li.pdf |
| Joseph of Arimathie, ed. Walter W. Skeat (EETS OS 44, 1871) | primary-text | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Early English Text Society Original Series _044 Walter W Skeat Joseph of Arimathie... libgen li.pdf |
| Henry Lovelich, The History of the Holy Grail, Parts 1-2 (EETS ES 20, 24) | primary-text | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Early English Text Society Extra Series _020 _024 Henry Lovelich... libgen li.pdf |
| Henry Lovelich, The History of the Holy Grail, Parts 3-4 (EETS ES 28, 30) | primary-text | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Early English Text Society Extra Series _028 _030 Henry Lovelich... libgen li.pdf |
| G. Ronald Murphy, Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\G Ronald Murphy Gemstone of Paradise... libgen li.pdf |
| Juliette Wood, The Holy Grail: History and Legend | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Juliette Wood The Holy Grail_ History and Legend libgen li.pdf |
| Kevin J. Harty, The Holy Grail on Film: Essays on the Cinematic Quest | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Kevin J Harty The Holy Grail on Film... libgen li.pdf |
| Littleton & Malcor, From Scythia to Camelot (Routledge, 2000) Minority thesis; treat as reception. | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Characters and Themes C Scott Littleton_ Linda A Malcor From Scythia to Camelot... 2000 Routledge.pdf |
| Ronald Hutton, Witches, Druids and King Arthur Plain-text extraction already exists at C:\Dev\AudiobookCleaner\output\E_pdf_witchcraft_studies_Hutton\Ronald_Hutton_Witches_Druids_and_King_Arthur_libgen_li.txt | scholarship | E:\pdf\witchcraft studies Hutton\Ronald Hutton Witches Druids and King Arthur libgen li.pdf |
| Marianne E. Kalinke (ed.), The Arthur of the North: The Arthurian Legend in the Norse and Rus Realms | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages Marianne E Kalinke The Arthur of the North... 2011.pdf |
| Busby & Dalrymple (eds), Arthurian Literature XIX: Comedy in Arthurian Literature | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Literature 19 Keith Busby_ Roger Dalrymple... libgen li.pdf |
| Barbara Tepa Lupack, Adapting the Arthurian Legends for Children Directly relevant to Ted's teaching use. | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian and Courtly Cultures Barbara Tepa Lupack Adapting the Arthurian Legends for Children... libgen li.pdf |
| Arthurian Films: Texts, Problems, Reception | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Films Texts Problems Reception.pdf |
| Arthurian postmodern fiction (study) | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian pomo fiction.pdf |
| Arthurian Legend and Science Fiction | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Legend SF.pdf |
| Arthurian C. S. Lewis (Closet) | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian CS Lewis Closet.pdf |
| Arthurian: Reinventing The Sword in the Stone | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Reinventing Sword in the Stone.pdf |
| Arthurian material in the secondary school | teaching | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Secondary School.pdf |
| Arthurian Imagery | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Imagery.pdf |
| Arthurian Fictions: Chretien | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Arthurian Fictions Chretien.pdf |
| Chretien: Chevalier and the World Upside Down | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Chretien Chevalier World Upside Down.pdf |
| William Henry Frost, The Knights of the Round Table: Stories of King Arthur and the Holy Grail, ill. Sydney Richmond Burleigh Late-Victorian children's retelling; useful art reference. | primary-text | E:\pdf\Arthurian\William Henry Frost The knights of the Round table... libgen li.pdf |
| Lee Patterson, on the fifteenth century | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Lee Patterson 15c.pdf |
| Lee Patterson, on imagination | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Lee Patterson imagination.pdf |
| Lee Patterson, on the monstrous races | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Lee Patterson Monstrous Races.pdf |
| Lee Patterson, on the Parson's Tale | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Lee Patterson Parson.pdf |
| Lee Patterson, 'Rapt' | scholarship | E:\pdf\Arthurian\Lee Patterson Rapt.pdf |
| Arthurian AI summaries (Ted's own) Ted's 6th-grade-level articles on Grail origins, generated from the three Grail primary texts he owns. | ted-working-material | E:\pdf\Literature\Arthurian AI summaries.pdf |
| Arthurian legend origins (research log, 2025-10-10) | ted-working-material | C:\Users\PC\Downloads\LLM logs\chats\2025-10-10_Arthurian-legend-origins.pdf |
| Arthurian Tarot (deck scans, pdf + cbz) Possible art reference for the visual novel. | visual-reference | E:\pdf\Tarot\[Tarots] Arthurian Tarot.pdf |
Robin Hood — 16 holdings
| Title | Kind | Path on disk |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Knight & Thomas Ohlgren (eds), Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales (TEAMS Middle English Texts, 1997) The single most important local holding. Contains the Gest, the Monk, the Potter, Guy of Gisborne, the play fragments, with full apparatus. Also free online via METS. | primary-text-edition | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\TEAMS Middle English Texts Series Stephen Knight_ Thomas Ohlgren Robin Hood and Other Outlaw Tales libgen li.pdf |
| Stephen Knight (ed.), Robin Hood: An Anthology of Scholarship and Criticism (D. S. Brewer, 1999) Collects the key articles including the Hilton/Keen/Holt debate. Backbone of the portal's scholarship pages. | scholarship | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\Stephen Knight - Robin Hood_ An Anthology of Scholarship and Criticism (1999) - libgen.li.pdf |
| J. C. Holt, 'The Origins and Audience of the Ballads of Robin Hood', Past and Present 18 (1960) | scholarship | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\Past Present 1960 nov iss 18 J C Holt The Origins and Audience of the Ballads of Robin Hood... libgen li.pdf |
| J. C. Holt, review of Bellamy's Robin Hood: An Historical Enquiry, Albion 18.1 | scholarship | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\Albion A Quarterly Journal... Review by_ J C Holt Robin Hood_ An Historical Enquiryby John Bellamy... libgen li.pdf |
| D. M. Palliser, review of Holt's Robin Hood (1982), Nottingham Medieval Studies 27 (1983) | scholarship | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\Nottingham Medieval Studies 1983 jan vol 27 Palliser D M J C Holt Robin Hood London Thames and Hudson 1982... libgen li.pdf |
| Dobson & Taylor, 'Merry Men at Work: The Transformation of Robin Hood From Medieval Outlaw Into Heritage Hero', Northern History 33.1 (1997) | scholarship | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\Northern History 1997 jan vol 33 iss 1 Dobson R B _ Taylor J Merry Men at Work... libgen li.pdf |
| Dobson & Taylor, 'Robin Hood Ballads', Northern History 35.1 (1999) Discusses the Forresters Manuscript discovery. | scholarship | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\Northern History 1999 jan vol 35 iss 1 Dobson Barrie_ Taylor John Robin Hood Ballads... libgen li.pdf |
| Isaac Taylor, 'Who was Robin Hood?', Notes and Queries s7-IV.88 (1887) | scholarship | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\Notes and Queries 1887 sep 03 vol s7 IV iss 88 Taylor Isaac Who was robin hood... libgen li.pdf |
| A. J. Pollard, Imagining Robin Hood (2004) | scholarship | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\undefined series for scimag 2004 aug 02 Pollard A J Imagining Robin Hood... libgen li.pdf |
| John Marshall & Philip Butterworth, Early English Performance: Medieval Plays and Robin Hood Games The whole basis of the games-may-revels worldview. | scholarship | E:\pdf\Robin Hood\John Marshall_ Philip Butterworth Early English Performance_ Medieval Plays and Robin Hood Games... libgen li.pdf |
| Robin Hood Materials (Ted's own teaching pack) Summaries of the Taylor 1887, Dobson & Taylor 1997 and 1999 articles, plus a kid-facing narrative history of the legend. | ted-working-material | E:\pdf\Literature\Robin Hood Materials.pdf |
| Robin Hood Lesson Plan Ideas (Ted's own) Grades 4-6 / SSAT-prep project prompts built on the earliest ballad and the Forresters ballads, with scholarly notes and a glossary. Directly reusable as VN content. | ted-working-material | E:\pdf\Literature\Robin Hood Lesson Plan Ideas .pdf |
| Robin Hood One Pager (Ted's own, docx) Glossary of 28 terms (yeoman, redistributive justice, minstrel, dispossessed...) plus long-form writing prompts on tanners, clerks, sheriffs. The glossary is a ready-made in-game codex. | ted-working-material | C:\Users\PC\Downloads\Robin Hood One Pager.docx |
| Joseph Ritson Robin Hood (research log, 2026-01-15) 44-message session on Ritson as the radical who invented the modern legend. ~500KB of text; the deepest single local resource on the ritson-radical worldview. | ted-working-material | C:\Users\PC\Downloads\LLM logs\robin hood\2026-01-15_Joseph-Ritson-Robin-Hood.pdf |
| Robin Hood Hollywood Critique (research log, 2026-01-13) Contains Ted's founding design instinct: hew closer to the outlaw ballads, 'like when he went around with a decapitated head on his bow'. | ted-working-material | C:\Users\PC\Downloads\LLM logs\robin hood\2026-01-13_Robin-Hood-Hollywood-Critique.pdf |
| Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (NES, USA Rev 1) The 1991 film's NES tie-in was an actual party RPG. Genuinely relevant prior art for ROBINCRAWL. | game-reference | C:\Users\PC\Downloads\Best NES Games\Best NES Games\Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves (USA) (Rev 1).nes |
Known gaps
- No copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth (Historia Regum Britanniae) - Reeve/Wright or Thorpe translation needed.
- No Malory (Le Morte Darthur) - Vinaver/Field or a public-domain Caxton text needed.
- No Mabinogion / Culhwch ac Olwen, no Historia Brittonum, no Annales Cambriae.
- No Chretien beyond Perceval (no Erec, Cliges, Charrette, Yvain).
- No Wolfram Parzival primary text (only Murphy's study of it).
- No Ritson 1795 primary text (only Ted's research log about it).
- No Munday Downfall/Death primary text.
- No Child ballads, no Dobson & Taylor Rymes of Robyn Hood sourcebook, no Knight's Forresters edition.
- All of the above except Forresters and Vinaver/Field are available free (Robbins Library/METS, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts).