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  1. www.britannica.com › topic › Robin-HoodRobin Hood | Legend & Ballads | Britannica

    Oct 4, 2024 · The authentic Robin Hood ballads were the poetic expression of popular aspirations in the north of England during a turbulent era of baronial rebellions and agrarian discontent, which culminated in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. The theme of the free but persecuted outlaw enjoying the forbidden hunting of the forest and outwitting or killing ...

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robin_HoodRobin Hood - Wikipedia

    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 ...

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  4. www.history.com › topics › european-historyThe Real Robin Hood ‑ Person, Name & Story | HISTORY

    May 5, 2010 · The subject of ballads, books and films, Robin Hood has proven to be one of popular culture’s most enduring folk heroes. Over the course of 700 years, the outlaw from Nottinghamshire who robs ...

  5. englishhistory.net › folklore › robin-hoodRobin Hood - English History

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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...

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    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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    If you use any of the content on this page in your own work, please use the code below to cite this page as the source of the content. Link will appear as Hanson, Marilee. "Robin Hood" https://englishhistory.net/folklore/robin-hood/, February 8, 2022

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  6. historymedieval.com › the-legend-of-robin-hood-inLegend of Robin Hood in English Folklore - Medieval History

    Jan 5, 2023 · According to the legend, Robin Hood was a skilled archer and swordsman who lived in Sherwood Forest, a vast expanse of woodland that stretched across much of central and southern England. He was known for his bravery, his cunning, and his fierce loyalty to the people he protected. Despite being an outlaw, Robin Hood was seen as a hero by the ...

  7. www.historic-uk.com › HistoryofEngland › Robin-HoodRobin Hood - Fact or Fiction? - Historic UK

    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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  9. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › historyHistoric origins of the real Robin Hood - National Geographic

    Feb 5, 2019 · Just as Robin Hood eludes the Sheriff of Nottingham, pinning down the folk hero's exact origins challenges scholars. English painter Edmund George Warren’s 1859 painting of Robin Hood and his ...