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| | | From: ForeverAmber (Original Message) | Sent: 10/19/2002 6:59 PM |
Robin Hood is known by many different names, including Robin Hood, Robin Wood, Robert Earl of Huntington, Roberd Hude, Robert Hood, and other variations. You can easily see how his existence passed down through folk tale has been distorted in time. Robin stands as the hero of the common people and yeomans and a symbol of "right against might". Robin Hood exists in many forms, simply because his stories were first passed around by spoken word, in the form of folk tales and ballads dating back to the 1300's. There aren't any actual records of his existence. Did he? Who was this "masked man"? 
"Unlike the other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent." -"Robin Hood: Men in Tights" |
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| | | From: Eddy | Sent: 10/20/2002 1:45 PM |
a man who robs from the rich to give to the poor...an urban legend for the middle ages. Probably started off by the Church to keep the poor a little less rebellious. |
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try this link for the "real" Robin Hood |
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| | | From: Echo | Sent: 10/22/2002 7:41 PM |
Hmmm...interesting link. I wonder why it was placed back in the late 1100's and Richard I? I always thought the Robin Hood story was sort of an amalgamation of stories. Perhaps there was a similar person/action back in Richard I's time? |
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The "Robin Hood" televised serials that I watched as a child were always based in Richard 1's time. Robin Hood was always competing against the Sheriff of Nottingham and in turn King John. I can remember watching the episode when Richard returned from the Crusades to claim his crown and proclaimed Robin Hood the hero he was! Fact or fiction, and I totally believe fiction, is was and still is a good way to educate on those times. Everyone loves a hero! |
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Although the TV series was really interesting, it was a totally romanticised version of the legend - but then, who's to say they can't re-write it they way the producers wanted? People have been doing this since the legend began. I've read the original Gest referred to in the website (albeit some time ago!) and other early manuscripts. Robin Hood was originally said to have been a yeoman before he was forced into outlawry, ie, steps up from feudal peasants and yet not of the "monied" classes - yeomen were usually smallholders, who at least were not enslaved to a feudal lord, therefore the writer(s) of the Ballads (they were originally sung as entertainment for lords - natually, heard by the servants, who adopted him as a hero and disseminated the stories by word of mouth) were proud to claim him as such. The ballads were really violent by our standards - although they were probably exaggerated. They do reflect that the "law" of the time was seen to be untrustworthy. Interestingly, Maid Marian doesn't appear until 18th centry versions of the legend - possibly the time the tales became more romanticised. Before them they were very much the "Boy's Own" tales of their times. Lady Grace |
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wait a minute, how would stealing from the rich keep the poor content??? |
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sorry! that last was a response to an earlier comment by eddy! |
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