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- Robin Hood may also refer to Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield.
The people of present day Nottinghamshire have a great affinity with Robin Hood as their folklore hero; he is a symbol of the county. For example, major road signs entering the county show Robin Hood sporting his bow and arrow, welcoming people to 'Robin Hood County.' BBC Radio Nottingham also uses the phrase 'Robin Hood County' on its regular programmes. In many tales, Robin Hood was said to have been Anglo Saxon and his enemies in authority were often said to be Norman; it is a historical fact that bitterness and conflict was still common amongst these communities over a century after the Norman Conquest (the former having been settled in England for far longer). Locksley is indeed an Anglo-Saxon surname Click here for family crest.
Today, Robin Hood is sometimes presented as the champion of people against taxers, sometimes as an egalitarian. In the stories Robin Hood also pursues other types of social justice. However, as mentioned below, Robin Hood was not quite so generous in the original medieval ballads, in which he is often seen as an arrogant and headstrong rebel who isn't adverse to blood-letting, and was more than a little fearsome an opponent for his enemies. Furthermore, even within the band, equality was not even looked for; Robin's men, in ballads, kneel before him, and in A Gest of Robyn Hode, the king observed, "His men are more at his byddynge/Then my men be at myn." In the end, since most events in the various Robin Hood stories are folklore, arguments over the "real" or "true" Robin Hood are unlikely to reach any conclusion. Even if a historical Robin Hood or a similar person did indeed exist, finding concrete evidence about his life is highly improbable.
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---is watching robin hood on VHS! Old school :)
daNiii_baBy (daNiellE laRa) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:45:17 -0000
---is watching robin hood on VHS! Old school :)
Mystery: why does Disney's Robin Hood have the same three children as Bluth's Secret of NIMH? Sure, they're rabbits, not mice. Still!!!
shoepixie (Shoe Skogen) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:32:31 -0000
Mystery: why does Disney's Robin Hood have the same three children as Bluth's Secret of NIMH? Sure, they're rabbits, not mice. Still!!!
Robin Hood robbed the rich and gave to the poor. Drug dealers rob the poor and give to the rich. I ain't just talking about crack peddlers.
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Robin Hood - Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood - Large amount of historical and legendary information on the adventures of England's best-loved outlaw and his band of Merry Men. Includes pictures, interviews, articles and ballads.
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Legends: The Robin Hood Pages - Annotated guide to resources on the net.
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Robin Hood - Information on all things Robin Hood, compiled from sources across the internet by Ben Turner.
Robin Hood - A description of the Robin Hood legend with references to modern depictions.
Robin Hood Bold Outlaw from Loxley - The life and times of Robin Hood discussed in the light of new information, illustrated with photographs from Robin's birthplace of Loxley, by Graham Kirkby.
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Robin Hood: The Early Poems - Selected studies by Thomas H. Ohlgren, Purdue University.
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The Robin Hood Project - Electronic database of texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information on Robin Hood and other outlaws, by the University of Rochester.
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