• Joseph Ritson's Revolution, with Jon Mee

  • Feb 5 2023
  • Length: 39 mins
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Joseph Ritson's Revolution, with Jon Mee

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  • Professor Jon Mee from the University of York joins me in this episode to talk about the cantankerous northern antiquarian Joseph Ritson, the man who is responsible for making Robin Hood a champion of the poor. Ritson was from Stockton-on-Tees and his research into northern verse and song make him an example of early English ethnographer. A vegetarian and radical who adopted the French Revolutionary Calendar, this prickly individual acts as a springboard for Jon to plunge into the world of 1790s English radicalism. Jon Mee is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies in the English Department at the University of York.
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