1. Outlaw Legends

2. Discuss Outlaw Legends
Why did Hereward, Fulk, and Eustace become outlaws?
Why was Wallace’s outlawry different?
What similarities did the aristocratic outlaws have with Robin Hood?
Where and when did the following operate?
Fulk
Eustace
Wallace

3. How historical was Fulk Fitzwarin?
There is no evidence to indicate that he was historical
Although we have scraps of evidence to suggest that he may have lived, it remains only speculative
He was certainly historical; he participated in the Magna Carta rising
I have no clue

4. Which outlaw’s great great grandfather allegedly fought “Gogmagog” or “Geomagog?”
Hereward
Fulk
Eustace
Wallace

5. Gogmagog on the High Street

6. Which of the following describes Fulk Fitzwarin?
Enemy of the Welsh, from the gentry, never left England
Enemy of King John, participated in baronial rebellion, allegedly fought Gogmagog
Scottish aristocrat, fought against Richard Lion Heart, advocated Common Law
Member of Parliament, went on crusade, died in the Holy Land

7. Which of the following describes Eustace the Monk?
Enemy of the Abbot of Chertsey and always lived near Canterbury
Enemy of the count of Boulogne and became involved in wars between French & English kings
Enemy of the sheriff of Lanark and lived in the Scottish Marches
Enemy of the Justices of the Peace and attacked them across all of England

8. The equipment and supplies necessary for medieval warfare were well beyond the means of most of European society

9. The English Crown

10. Timeline Normans: 1066-1135 Angevins: 1154-1189
William I and William II
Henry I
Angevins:
Henry II and Richard I
Plantagenets:
John
Henry III
Edwards 1,2 3,
Richard II

11. The English Crown

12. William I r

14. William Rufus

15. Henry I

16. The White Ship 1120

17. The English Crown

18. Stephen I of Blois

19. The Empress Matilda rival claimant 1135-1154

20. Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, 2nd husband of Matilda, Le Mans Cathedral

21. The English Crown

22. The Angevin Empire c. 1160

23. Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204) Henry II (1133-89) Richard I (1157-1199)

24. The Angevin Empire: 1189

25. Richard I Lionheart

26. The English Crown

27. Plantagenet Coat of Arms

28. King John r

29. Pope Innocent III Lawyer Pope 1198-1216

30. Battle of Bouvines July 27, 1214

31. Magna Carta June 15-19, 1215

32. Henry III

33. Edward I Longshanks & Queen Eleanor 1272-1307

34. Edward II

35. Disputed Succession to the French Crown c. 1327

36. Edward III

37. Richard II 1377-1399 Last Plantagenet King of England

38. Describe both literary traditions embedded in the Hereward character
Describe both literary traditions embedded in the Hereward character. How do they explain the legend’s broad ranging appeal? What are the outlaws, such as Hereward, Fulk, and Eustace trying to obtain? What made them rebel?

39. Who was the enduring archenemy of Eustace the Monk?
King John
King Philip Augustus of France
The Count of Flanders
The Count of Boulogne
No one, everybody likes a monk