Drawing from the postmedieval English tradition surrounding Robin Hood, in which the protagonist appears as a member of the nobility who has fallen from grace, Thierry de Janville, a young nobleman, who had fought against the English occupation during the Hundred Years War, and loses his title and lands because of his disloyal steward. Taking the name "Thierry La Fronde" and surrounding himself with a host of merry men (and Isabelle, his "Maid Marian"), he resists the Black Prince and his allies. Utz's analysis of the series addresses the feuilleton's indebtedness to numerous elements of the Robin Hood narrative, characters, and episodes, specifically those in The Adventures of Robin Hood and Ivanhoe, two TV shows targeting Anglo-American audiences in the 1950s. Utz also points out how the series presents an excellent reservoir for investigating common 1960s conceptions about medieval history, literature, and culture.