This fascinating book explains the popularity of the likes of Robin Hood and William Wallace, and many other lesser known rogues, and how their stories appealed to the common people of the Middle Ages.

Chapter 1 I The Matter of the Greenwood; Chapter 2 II The Story of Hereward; Chapter 3 III The Historical Background of the Hereward Legend; Chapter 4 IV The Romance of Fulk Fitzwarin; Chapter 5 V The Romance of Eustace the Monk; Chapter 6 VI William Wallace and the Scottish Outlaws; Chapter 7 VII The Tale of Gamelyn; Chapter 8 VIII The Robin Hood Ballads (I); Chapter 9 IX The Robin Hood Ballads (II); Chapter 10 X The Historical Background of the Robin Hood Ballads; Chapter 11 XI The Outlaw Ballad as an Expression of Peasant Discontent; Chapter 12 XII The Historicity of Robin Hood; Chapter 13 XIII The Outlaw in History; Chapter 14 XIV Conclusions; Appendix I THE SUPPOSED MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN OF THE ROBIN HOOD LEGEND; Appendix II SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; Appendix III ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; Appendix IV ROBIN HOOD IN RECENT HISTORICAL WRITING (1977-86): A POSTSCRIPT Index;