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- Robin Hood and his contemporaries were cunning, merciless and often brutal (in one instance Much the Miller's Son murders a monk's page to prevent him giving them away); but by the codes of their time, they were also honourable.
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May 5, 2010 · Little John and Will Scarlet are part of this Robin’s “merry” crew—meaning, at the time, an outlaw’s gang—but Maid Marian, Friar Tuck and Alan-a-Dale would not enter the legend until later,...
In modern popular culture, Robin Hood is typically seen as a contemporary and supporter of the late-12th-century king Richard the Lionheart, Robin being driven to outlawry during the misrule of Richard's brother John while Richard was away at the Third Crusade. This view first gained currency in the 16th century. [12] .
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His love interest, Maid Marian, was a 16th century addition to the story (first mentioned by the poet, Alexander Barclay). Robin Hood and Maid Marian were not linked in the earliest stories. Maid Marian was a figure in the May Games festivities, possibly the Queen of the May. A jolly fat Friar usually accompanied her in the frolicsome plays and sto...
Robin Hood’s gang of highwaymen (the Merry Men) were said to have carried English longbows and dressed in Lincoln green. In The Knight’s Tale, Chaucer wrote that Robin was most popular in medieval timesfor robbery and for the killing of landowners – especially Church landowners. Indeed, the ballads clearly have an anti-clerical slant, and the one p...
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Oct 5, 2023 · The earliest known legal records mentioning a person called Robin Hood (Robert Hod) are from 1226, found in the York Assizes [5], when that person's goods, worth 32 shillings and 6 pence, were confiscated and he became an outlaw. Robert Hod owed the money to St Peter's in York.
Feb 5, 2019 · HISTORY MAGAZINE. Who was the real Robin Hood? Just as Robin Hood eludes the Sheriff of Nottingham, pinning down the folk hero's exact origins challenges scholars. English painter Edmund George...
Jan 5, 2023 · According to the legend, Robin Hood and his Merry Men would waylay the Sheriff’s tax collectors, taking the money that was meant for the Crown and using it to help the poor and needy. Despite his outlaw status, Robin Hood was said to be a man of great honor and integrity.
