(Free) Robin Hood English Folklore

The subject of ballads books and films robin hood has proven to be one of popular culture s most enduring folk heroes.

Robin hood english folklore. If there were a historical robin hood he would have lived in medieval england perhaps in the late 12th or the 13th century. Robin hood is a celebrated folk hero and a kind of good thief but the earliest stories about robin hood depict a far different character. But did robin hood really exist. Robin hood legendary outlaw hero of a series of english ballads some of which date from at least as early as the 14th century. Robin hood is a character of legend although it is quite possible that there is a historical figure at the root of these legends. Sherwood forest was created in 968 ad by local nobility and the kings had lodges in the forest. This book takes us back to the earliest stories of robin hood the changes the tales underwent in the renaissance and the enduring traits that have survived into modern retellings.

Traditionally depicted as being dressed in lincoln green he is often portrayed as robbing from the rich and giving to the poor alongside his band of merry men. Set in england during the reign of king richard the lionheart the adventures of. The legends of robin hood arose in medieval times and were carried forth in the renaissance and modernized by hollywood. However the first known literary reference to robin hood and his men was in 1377 and the sloane manuscripts in the british museum have an account of robin s life which states that he was born around 1160 in lockersley most likely modern day loxley in south yorkshire. The first robin hood was often a brutal and selfish yet also honorable figure an anti hero loved perhaps paradoxically by many social classes and loathed by authorities. Over the course of 700 years the outlaw from nottinghamshire who robs from. According to legend he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman in some versions of the legend he is depicted as being of noble birth and in modern retellings he is sometimes depicted as having fought in the crusades before returning to england to find his lands.

Robin hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in english folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. Stealing from the rich to give to the poor robin hood and his merry men are a permanent part of popular culture. Robin hood is a heroic outlaw in english folklore who according to legend was a highly skilled archer and swordsman.