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Two Medieval Outlaws: Eustace the Monk and Fouke Fitz Waryn

Two Medieval Outlaws: Eustace the Monk and Fouke Fitz Waryn

Burgess, Glyn S.

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Literary CriticismGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1843841878
ISBN13: 9781843841876
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc
Published: Apr 23 2009
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Eustace the Monk and Fouke Fitz Waryn III are part of the great tradition of medieval outlaws, and numerous aspects of their lives are reflected in the life of Robin Hood himself. Both Eustace [d. 1217] and Fouke [d. ca. 1258] inspired verse romances to be written about their activities [the verse tale of Fouke and his adventures is lost, but we have a prose version composed in the first half of the fourteenth century]. The present volume provides an English translation of these vernacular romances, together with a detailed survey of the historical background. Each romance contains historically verifiable facts, information that rings true although it cannot be proved, and a certain amount of imaginary material drawing on stock motifs which surface again in later outlaw tales. Eustace and Fouke are also both outlaws and tricksters, who use a variety of ruses to escape capture at the hands of their overlords, respectively the Count of Boulogne and King John.

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