how much of the robin hood story is true? Specifically wondering about Prince John?

Question

Was King Richard an actual king of England? When he came back from the crusades did he take over ruling England, and did he really have a brother, Prince John? Did John later become king?

Answer 1

"Was King Richard an actual king of England?" Yes.
"When he came back from the cusades did he take over ruling England, and did he have a brother, Prince John?" Yes.
"Did John later become king?" Yes

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BUT ...
"How much of the Robin Hood story is true?" Probably not a lot.

It is most unlikely that a backwoods outlaw (if such a real man was the prototype around which the stories of Robin Hood were woven) would have ever met, let alone had any sort of relationship, with either Richard or John. But, as for the rest of the Robin Hood stories, many are based on very old (and maybe at least partly authentic) folk tales.

I suggest that you read the first link below to get an idea of fact vs. fiction.

I also suggest that you rent a movie (see 2nd link) called "The Lion in Winter". It is not only a really good movie; it also will give you a reasonably accurate insight into the relationships in the family of John and Richard. They were not very lovey-dovey!

Answer 2

It's hard to determine just how much of the Robin Hood story is true. There was indeed such a figure inn real life, but it was Sir Walter Scott who romanticized his story in the novel IVANHOE, one of the very best novels ever written to give a good picture of life during the reign of Richard and John. Both were Kings, and John was part of the conspiracy to have Richard captured and held in the Holy Lands by the "Infidels." Richard escaped, returned to England , raised money and troops and confronted John so he could regain his throne. He did and really never did punish John for his treason.

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Answer 3

In medieval times English Kings also ruled over territories in France. King Richard I was more of a French King- or more precisely Angevin (from the province of Anjou)- who happened to rule over England. He didn't speak English or care much about his kingdom, even stating that he would happily sell it off to raise money for a crusade. John did become King and he ruled ineptly which led to a rebellion by his barons and the signing of the Magna Carta.

Answer 4

Yes Richard was a king, AKA Richard the Lionheart. And John was his younger brother and yes he did become king after Richard's death. Richard's history is an interesting one.

Answer 5

Meanings are what the readers take from the story not what the author might have meant on the time. William Faulkner became sparkling in this component approximately his writings and that i agree. If I have been going to take meaning from the story in our cutting-edge society i might say that it teaches that civil disobedience is at situations not purely suited yet required whilst rules are inflicting injustice. a popular occasion of this may well be California the place scientific marijuana is criminal (by potential of state regulation) yet officers can nevertheless be prosecuted below federal regulation. for sure (in case you compromise or not) the folk in California chanced on denying this to scientific sufferers unfair scientific care. Protest whilst rules that still separated black and white ingesting places have been unjust regulation that have been actively opposed. Michael John Weaver, M.S.

Answer 6

Hood was a legendary outlaw, popular for his animated exploits and for his innovative practice of what is now called ‘social justice’, that is redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor.

Although there are some who say that Hood never existed, the facts are that, Robin Hood, Earl of Loxley, was a Saxon nobleman, falsely deprived of his lands by corrupt Norman churchmen, who was obliged to inhabit the woodlands. He had about him ‘seven score’ (140) Merry Men, notably Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet and others, and he had a romantic attachment with Maid Marion. His arch nemesis was the evil Sheriff of Nottingham, the lackey of Prince John, who misruled England while good King Richard was away at the Crusades.

We know all this due, firstly due to the ballads, which were circulated by wandering minstrels in the century after Hood’s death. These tell of a shadowy figure, who lives in Sherwood Forest who attacks rich churchmen and delivers the proceeds to the needy serfs under their control. There are many written versions of these ballads extant. We know that they were well known at the time because of written references as in Langland’s Piers Plowman (1377), Sloth the priest says ‘I ken rimes of Robin Hood’.

In the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, more written material is published, based on the old ballads. These stories are more structured and tell complete versions of Hood’s adventures. In one he faces the evil Guy of Gisbourne and defeats and kills him. In others, he rescues Maid Marion from the clutches of the Sheriff of Nottingham and frees serfs from their bondage. All the stories tell of an honourable Robin Hood, fighting villainy and helping the ordinary people while remaining loyal to England and the true king.

In the Nineteenth Century, Sir Walter Scott brings Hood into his novel, Ivanhoe. King Richard, hearing of his exploits, ventures into Sherwood Forest and congratulates him, naming him ‘King of Outlaws’. Richard forgives all his crimes, which were done on behalf of the king’s true subjects and against villains who are trying to usurp Richard’s throne, and restores him to his land and titles.

In the Twentieth Century, Hollywood exaggerated and embellished previous versions, all based on fact, and produced a tacky version, totally lacking in credibility.

In 1247, Hood was taken ill and went to recuperate at Kirklees Priory. There the evil Prioress, a lackey of the rich abbots who Hood had harassed, betrayed him by draining his blood while pretending to nurse him to health. With his last breath, Hood shot an arrow from the priory window, giving instructions to Little John to bury him where the arrow fell. His grave can now be found within sight of the former priory. [Kirklees Hall, Kirklees, Brighouse, Yorkshire, HD6 4HD. (not open to the public but occasional tours conducted by Calderdale Tourist Office)]