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Legend has it that Robin Hood was an outlaw living in Sherwood Forest with his ‘Merry Men’ – but did he really exist and if so, how much of the legend is true?
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It’s simply not true. The Dick Turpin of films and TV is mainly based on the version that appears in Rookwood, an 1834 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth.
The overall picture from the surviving early ballads and other early references indicate that Robin Hood was based in the Barnsdale area of what is now South Yorkshire, which borders Nottinghamshire. Other place-names and references The Robin Hood Tree, also known as Sycamore Gap Tree, near Hadrian's Wall at Haltwhistle, England.
May 5, 2010 · While most contemporary scholars have failed to turn up solid clues, medieval chroniclers took for granted that a historical Robin Hood lived and breathed during the 12th or 13th century.
Instead, Robin occupies the same space in the public imagination as King Arthur - as nothing more than a ripping yarn. The 20th century saw film and TV breathe new life into the Robin Hood story. Hollywood caught the Robin Hood bug and has never let go.
Another theory is that Robin de Deyville (or De Vile) was the real Robin Hood. He was an adherent of Simon de Montfort, an aristocratic rebel who sought to curb royal power. After Montfort’s defeat at the Battle of Evesham, de Deyville fled to the forests and became a bandit.
Oct 19, 2021 · When it comes to answering the question, is the story of Robin Hood true, there appears to be only one hard fact that supports that he existed at all. And here is that fact—in a cemetery in Yorkshire, England, there lies a tombstone that reads:
