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The story of Robin Hood is considered a legend because of its long lasting popularity and historical importance as it has been passed down through generations. This tale, recounts the...
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The Robin Hood legends form part of a corpus of outlaw...
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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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Feb 17, 2011 · The Robin Hood legends form part of a corpus of outlaw stories which date from around the reign of King John. Two other key outlaws, Fulk fitzWarin and Eustace the Monk, were historical...
English. Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. He stole from the rich and gave to the poor. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. [1]
Introduction. One of the romantic heroes of the Middle Ages was the outlaw Robin Hood of England. Whether he was a living man or only a legend is uncertain. Old ballads relate that Robin Hood and his followers roamed the green depths of Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham, in the center of England.
Legend has it that Robin Hood was an outlaw living in Sherwood Forest with his ‘Merry Men’ – but did he really exist? There are several versions of the Robin Hood story.
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Aug 30, 2020 · This series will seek to delve into the history behind the legends and to investigate the critical questions that they raise: who was the real Robin Hood? Did he even exist? And what can these stories we know so well today tell us about the real-world society that spawned them?
