Hereward the outlaw

Abstract

Hereward's story has affinities with that of Robin Hood and from the twelfth century down to the twentieth he has been the focus of popular stories embroidering on the aftermath of the Norman Conquest. Unlike Robin Hood Hereward had a readily verifiable historical existence and his nationalist associations are stronger. His popularity has not been constant and indeed it was undermined by the rise of the Robin Hood legends. This paper indicates the main sources of our knowledge of Hereward and investigates the attitudes shown by them towards his personality and actions and considers what they contribute to our understanding of post-Conquest English consciousness and identity.

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