2)Ballads of Robin Hood The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the 5 stories about a legendary outlaw called Robin Hood.Robin Hood is partly a real and partly a legendary figure who lived during the reign of Richard I.He was the leader of a band of outlaws,and they lived in the deep forest.They often attacked the rich,waged war against the bishops and archbishops,and helped the poor people.Therefore,Robin Hood and his followers were constantly hunted by the sheriffs.Robin Hood ballads shows the fighting spirit,indomitable courage and revolutionary energy ofthe English peasantry. 3.0 Middle English Prose Thomas Malory is the only important prose writer in the fifteenth century.He wrote an important work called "Morte d'Arthur"(Death ofArthur). Malory's tale begins with the mysterious birth of Arthur and 5 ends with his equally mysterious death. 3.1 William Langland 3.1.1.Introduction:William Langland was born in the western midland of the country,living from about 1330 to about 1400.In 1362,he began his famous poem Piers the Plowman,which had been repeatedly revised,and of which three texts have been left to▪ 2) Ballads of Robin Hood ▪ The most famous cycle of English ballads centers on the stories about a legendary outlaw called Robin Hood. Robin Hood is partly a real and partly a legendary figure who lived during the reign of Richard I. He was the leader of a band of outlaws, and they lived in the deep forest. They often attacked the rich, waged war against the bishops and archbishops, and helped the poor people. Therefore, Robin Hood and his followers were constantly hunted by the sheriffs. Robin Hood ballads shows the fighting spirit, indomitable courage and revolutionary energy of the English peasantry. 3.0 Middle English Prose Thomas Malory is the only important prose writer in the fifteenth century. He wrote an important work called " Morte d'Arthur" (Death of Arthur) . Malory's tale begins with the mysterious birth of Arthur and ends with his equally mysterious death. 3.1 William Langland 3.1.1. Introduction: William Langland was born in the western midland of the country, living from about 1330 to about 1400. In 1362, he began his famous poem Piers the Plowman , which had been repeatedly revised, and of which three texts have been left to 5’ 5’