Summary
It has been said that Robin Hood, the legendary English outlaw, born around 1160, who robbed the rich and gave to the poor, was in real life the outlawed Earl of Huntingdon, Robert Fitzooth, in disguise. Over the years, a number of candidates have been put forward as to who the real Robin Hood was. But the fact that Hood, Hode and even Hod were common surnames in medieval times have complicated things for those historians hoping to discover the true identity of the famed fugitive.
First mentioned in a 1377 edition of Piers Plowman, Robin Hood is also the hero of the ballad A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode, which dates from 1510.See the full content of this document
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Robin Hood
The ballad runs to 456 four-line verses and includes references to Little John, Will Scarlet and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
In the 1930s, historian LVD Owen claimed Robert Hod-Hobbehod, whose birth and date ar...See the full content of this document
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