MARCUS PITCAITHLY

Since the 1980s, most major new Robin Hood stories have included a Muslim Merry Man – but how much further back does the character go?...

I examine some of the curious misapprehensions surrounding Golden Age piracy. Content note: murder by drowning. The popular image of the...

In the second part of my piece on Marian, I investigate how her legend has evolved down to the present day. Image: Bernadette O'Farrell...

An investigation into the roots of Marian's role in the Robin Hood legend. Content note: sexual harrassment; abduction. Image: tomb...

I review a fascinating new Arthurian novel by the owner of the Children of Arthur blog. It is remarkable, given how much the potency of...

The swashbuckling story of "Red Legs" Greaves fascinated me as a child. Here, I look into the evidence to see if it actually happened....

Over a period of more than a century, one family of minor Yorkshire landowners produced far more than its share of rebels and outlaws....

As a proud Scot, fascinated since toddlerhood by all things medieval and all things piratical, it was inevitable that I'd be attracted by...

In a few esoteric corners of the Internet, one will come across the assertion that Kenneth III, King of Scots from 997 to 1005, was of...