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Both men were skilled at archery and from the roof of the Monastery they both shot an arrow. The arrows fell at Whitby Lathes, more than a mile away. Afterwards the fields where the arrows landed were known as Robin Hood’s Close and Little John’s Close. Robin became a popular folk hero because of his generosity to the poor and down-trodden ...
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- TWM Sion Cati, The Welsh Robin Hood
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] In some versions of the legend, he is depicted as being of noble birth, and in modern ...
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 ...
- The Legends Will Probably Remain Popular For Centuries to Come. Hollywood has taken the legends of Robin Hood and outfitted them for a contemporary audience.
- Robin Hood Remains One of England’s Favorite Legendary Figures. Along with the likes of King Arthur and the wizard Merlin, Robin Hood continues to be celebrated in England today.
- The Quest for the Historical Robin Hood is About a Larger-Than-Life Hero. For some, trying to find the historical Robin Hood is about identifying a particular person about whom the earliest legends tell stories.
- Robin Hood Actively Courted Danger and Intrigue. If there were a real Robin Hood, he probably would not have been an even-tempered knightly figure. Instead, he probably would have been someone who went around looking for trouble and always trying to start a fight.
That's the theory of longtime U.K. National Archives employee David Crook, who points to a criminal named Robert of Wetherby, aka Robert Hod, as ground zero of the legend. According to Crook's research, a manhunt spearheaded by the sheriff of the town of Nottingham led to the high-profile capture and execution of Wetherby in 1225.
- Timothy Ott
Apr 12, 2019 · The earliest Robin Hood tales survive from late 15th-century England. Our main source is the lengthy poem The Gest of Robin Hood, compiled sometime after 1450. This was a period of national crisis ...
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Feb 17, 2011 · An epitaph recorded by Thomas Gale in 1702 recorded that a grave purporting to be that of Robin Hood lay at Kirklees (where the legend claims he was killed), dated to 1247. On this flimsy evidence ...
