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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] .
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?
Stories about a merrymaking English outlaw go as far back as the 14th century, although it's unclear whether Robin Hood ever existed in the real world.
Robin Hood, legendary outlaw hero of a series of English ballads, some of which date from at least as early as the 14th century. Many of the tales about him show him and his companions robbing and killing representatives of authority and giving the gains to the poor.
While no one can ever be completely certain that Robin Hood was anything other than a made-up character, there is enough evidence to suggest such a man did exist sometime in the Middle Ages.
Historians delving deeper into the Middle Ages have uncovered more than one man called Robin Hood, concluding that Robin Hood was instead an alias, used by different outlaws over an...
What is the historical fact behind the legend of Robin Hood? Did this potent outlaw folk hero really harass Guy of Gisborne and live in Sherwood Forest, or was he a mythical creation designed...
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...
Britain’s civil wars of the 1640s saw a real-life figure take on the propaganda guise of Robin Hood in the form of James (sometimes John) Hind, a royalist soldier and famous highwayman.
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?