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Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people. The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during the Middle Ages. They migrated widely, particularly to Europe, while other groups stayed and became sedentary.
The Gypsy Lore Society, an international association of persons interested in Gypsy and Traveler Studies, was founded in Great Britain in 1888. Since 1989 it has been headquartered in the United States.
The Gypsy Lore Society was founded in Great Britain in 1888 to unite persons interested in the history and lore of Gypsies and rovers and to establish closer contacts among scholars studying aspects of such cultures.
Na jego łamach publikuje się teksty z takich dziedzin jak historia, socjologia, lingwistyka czy literaturoznawstwo. Wydawcami są Liverpool University Press i Gypsy Lore Society. "Romani Studies" wydawane są dwa razy rocznie. Czasopismo ukazuje się od 2000 roku. Stanowi kontynuację "Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society".
Gypsy Lore Society Collections. The historical archive and library collections of the Gypsy Lore Society, mostly mid 19th to mid 20th century. From 2018, a number of articles in the journal Critical Romani Studies have provided Romani-centred perspectives on the Gypsy Lore Society.
The Gypsy Lore Society was founded in May 1888 by a group of eleven scholars who were interested in the songs, stories and language of Romany Gypsies, “with the object of investigating the Gypsy question in as thorough manner as possible”.
Literary works include Middleton and Rowley's The Spanish Gypsie, 1653, Glanvill's Vanity of dogmatizing, 1661 (the inspiration for Matthew Arnold's ‘The Scholar Gypsy’), and many 19th-century novels with Gypsy themes or characters.
