was Robin Hood a real person or just a myth?

Question

where can i find info on the REAL Robin Hood?

Answer 1

From 1227 onwards the names 'Robinhood', 'Robehod' or 'Hobbehod' occur in the rolls of several English justices. The majority of these references date from the late thirteenth century: between 1261 and 1300 there are at least eight references to 'Rabunhod' in various regions across England, from Berkshire in the south to York in the north. The term seems to be applied as a form of shorthand to any fugitive or outlaw. Even at this early stage, the name Robin Hood denotes an archetypal criminal. This usage continues throughout the medieval period. In a petition presented to Parliament in 1439, the name is again used to describe an itinerant felon, The petition cites one Piers Venables of Aston, Derbyshire, "who having no liflode, ne sufficeante of goodes, gadered and assembled unto him many misdoers, beynge of his clothynge, and, in manere of insurrection, wente into the wodes in that countrie, like as it hadde be Robyn Hude and his meyne." The name is still used to describe sedition and treachery in 1605, when Guy Fawkes and his associates are branded "Robin Hoods" by Robert Cecil.

Answer 2

It was a myth, a story told in English. The stories of Robin Hood are typically set in England between the 1100s and the 1400s. Most of the events take place in or near Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood, legendary hero of medieval England. In most tales about him, Robin Hood leads an outlaw band called the Merry Men in daring forest adventures. The Merry Men fight authority and rob the rich to give to the poor. For more than 600 years, the adventures of Robin Hood have been celebrated in stories, poems, ballads, and motion pictures. Some people believe that Robin Hood was an actual person, usually identified as Robert Fitzooth, the earl of Huntington. Others think that Robin was not a real person and that the stories about him developed for historical and cultural reasons. In medieval England, peasant masses struggled to make a meager living while a relatively small number of nobles and members of the church elite controlled the country’s land and wealth. People told and retold the Robin Hood stories as a way to express their discontent with overbearing government authorities, dishonest church officials, laws restricting hunting and farming rights, and other social injustices.

Answer 3

Robin Hood is a legend but there are various theories that the story is based on a real person.

One theory is that he was a nobleman, the earl of Loxley, who was deprived of his lands by greedy churchmen.

Robin himself is continually reshaped and redrawn, made to fit whatever values are pushed on to him. This fact makes any notion of a "real" or "true" Robin Hood largely redundant. Even if a historical Robin Hood could be identified, he could account for only the bare minimum of the rich legend surrounding his name.

Answer 4

Most likely the story is made up. "In fact, the Robin Hood stories have been different in every period of their history. Robin himself is continually reshaped and redrawn, made to fit whatever values are pushed on to him. This fact makes any notion of a "real" or "true" Robin Hood largely redundant. Even if a historical Robin Hood could be identified, he could account for only the bare minimum of the rich legend surrounding his name. The figure is less a personage and more a palimpsest of the various ideas his "life" has been made to support."

Answer 5

robin hood is based on a historical man and over the years the story has grown into what it is today.
a hood was a term for a criminal. there really was a man who stole from the rich to give to the poor and he lived on the friges of society in what they think was sherwood forest.
maid marianne was added later.

Answer 6

There is no real evidence that Robin Hood was a real person, it is said that he was to have lived from 1160 to 1247. Go to www.geocities.com

Answer 7

Here's a web site that can give you more information about Robin Hood.

http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/kirk6479/mycustompage0037.htm

Answer 8

Its a myth. The story is fantasy.

Answer 9

Myth he's as real as Sherlock Holmes!

Answer 10

try calling on the sheriff of nottingham-a real position in a real place-and see if he might enlighten you