Robin Hood, Part I

<p>This week, we take our first trip to the Middle Ages with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves! Join us for a discussion of the extremely troubled production of this film, the "real" Robin Hood, POWs in the Crusades, and more!</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>Film Production:</p> <p>IMDB: <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102798/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102798/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0</a></p> <p>Roger Ebert Review: <a href= "https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves-1991"> https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves-1991</a> </p> <p>The "Real" Robin Hood:</p> <p>In Our Time, "Robin Hood" (2003) <a href= "https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005492h">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005492h</a></p> <p>Holt, James. "Ye have broken the charm." The Times Literary Supplement, April 24, 1998, 18+. The Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, 1902-2014 (accessed July 19, 2020). <a href= "https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EX1200490920/TLSH?u=mlin_w_willcoll&sid=TLSH&xid=13168e10."> https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EX1200490920/TLSH?u=mlin_w_willcoll&sid=TLSH&xid=13168e10.</a></p> <p> http://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/authors/langland/pp-pass5.html and here <a href= "https://robinhoodlegend.com/piers-plowman/">https://robinhoodlegend.com/piers-plowman/</a></p> <p>Seal, Graham. "The Robin Hood principle: Folklore, history, and the social bandit." Journal of Folklore Research (2009): 67-89. Hobsbawm, Eric. "Social bandits: reply." Comparative studies in Society and History 14, no. 4 (1972): 503-505.</p> <p>Holt, J. C. "The Origins and Audience of the Ballads of Robin Hood." Past & Present, no. 18 (1960): 89-110. Accessed July 21, 2020. <a href= "http://www.jstor.org/stable/649889">www.jstor.org/stable/649889</a>.</p> <p><a href= "https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/gest-of-robyn-hode">https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/gest-of-robyn-hode</a></p> <p>POWs in the Crusades:</p> <p>John J Robinson, Dungeon, Fire, and Sword: The Knights Templar During the Crusa