▁( 1 9 6 6 ), ▁which ▁focus es ▁on ▁Henry ▁II ▁and ▁his ▁sons . ▁Walter ▁Scott ' s ▁location ▁of ▁Robin ▁H ood ▁in ▁the ▁reign ▁of ▁Richard ▁I ▁and ▁his ▁emphas is ▁on ▁the ▁conflict ▁between ▁Sax ons ▁and ▁Norm ans ▁set ▁the ▁template ▁for ▁much ▁later ▁fiction ▁and ▁film ▁adapt ations . ▁Historical ▁fiction ▁set ▁in ▁England ▁during ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁remains ▁persist ently ▁popular , ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁seeing ▁a ▁particular ▁growth ▁of ▁historical ▁detect ive ▁fiction ▁such ▁as ▁Ell is ▁Peters ' s ▁The ▁Cad f ael ▁Chron icles ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁An archy , ▁which ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁much ▁of ▁Ken ▁Fol lett ' s ▁best - s elling ▁The ▁P ill ars ▁of ▁the ▁Earth ▁( 1 9 8 9 ). ▁Film - m akers ▁have ▁drawn ▁extens ively ▁on ▁the ▁medieval ▁period , ▁often ▁taking ▁them es ▁from ▁Shakespeare ▁or ▁the ▁Robin ▁H ood ▁ball ads ▁for ▁insp iration ▁and ▁adapt ing ▁historical ▁rom antic ▁nov els ▁as ▁Ivan ho e ▁( 1 9 5 2 ). ▁More ▁recent ▁rev iv als ▁of ▁these ▁gen res ▁include ▁Robin ▁H ood : ▁Prince ▁of ▁Th ieves ▁( 1 9 9 1 ) ▁and ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Heaven ▁( 2 0 0 5 ). ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Sus sex ▁in ▁the ▁High ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁