how about King Arthur? William Tell?
2007-10-11 22:47:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
There is always a bit of truth to stories told over the centuries. I believe quite possibly they were real people , I even believe William Wallace was a real person . Their stories get embellished over time, which makes it harder to find the truth.
2007-10-11 22:54:47 · answer #1 · answered by kitkat1640 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Was Robin Hood A Real Person?
What a loved fellow he was ---- an outlaw who
robbed from the rich to give to the poor.
He lived in Sherwood Forest with his Merry Men,
Friar Tuck, Littlejohn, Will Scarlet, Allan-a-Dale ----
all dressed in Lincoln green, and all expert archers.
Was he a popular hero in books, or did he really
exist?
Records show that a man named Robin Hood was
born about 1290, and lived in Wakefield, Yorkshire,
the son of a forester in the service of the lord of the manor.
In 1322, Robin's landlord, the earl of Lancaster,
called his tenants to arms in rebellion against King
Edward II, and Robin Hood followed the earl into
battle as an archer.
The rebellion was crushed, Lancaster was captured,
tried for treason, and beheaded.
His estates were forfeited to the king, and his followers
were outlawed.
Robin Hood fled into the forest, and it is here that
his life as an outlaw was supposed to have begun.
One of the most famous stories that sprang from
Sherwood Forest is the tale of the meeting between
Robin Hood and King Edward II.
The story goes, that the king was determined to
get rid of the outlaws, so he and his knights
diguised themselves as monks and rode into the forest.
They were met by Robin Hood and some of his band, who
demanded money.
Edward then produced the royal seal and told the outlaw
leader that the king wished to see him in Nottingham.
Robin and his men immediately kneeled before the
seal and swore their love and allegiance to the king.
King Edward was so impressed that he revealed
who he was, and pardoned all the outlaws on condition
that they would come to his court and serve him.
This story could certainly be true, as the king was
definitely in Nottingham at the time, and the name
of Robin Hood appears in the household accounts
of Edward II, with a record of wages paid to him
until November 1324.
After that date, he vanished.
Perhaps he found that after enjoying the free life
of an outlaw, he could not settle down in service,
even for his king.
2007-10-11 23:13:17 · answer #2 · answered by ♆Şрhĩņxy - Lost In Time. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person like Robin Hood probably did exist in old England, but his story of fighting with Prince John was probably a way of saying how weak the actual Prince John was.
2016-05-22 01:08:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i belive he did not but theres alaways a bit of truth in the old stories perhaps there simpls stole from some rich men with some of his pals and keeping there family's out of debt making them apear to be merry men hence the term "Merry Men" (happy men) in a time when all others were miserable so the sheriff at that point in time probably had a family to support so he set ot to arrest them for stealing and of course there always has to be some romance in a heroic tale plus as time gos on and on stories tend to get added and over exagerated and much farther off the topic and more glamore than truth ! email me any one who wants to know more
2007-10-12 02:12:06 · answer #4 · answered by D.T.M. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they were all fiction characters but we need a "Robin Hood" right now!!
2007-10-11 22:51:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No he did not , who ever heared of a man wearing tights , thats apart from , twin Bank robbers,!
2007-10-11 23:03:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's definitely nice to think they did; gives my mind someplace to wander when I'm busy not doing work.
2007-10-11 22:53:24 · answer #7 · answered by Vae 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No they are fictional characters
2007-10-11 22:50:34 · answer #8 · answered by Lefty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if he did,he did a good job.
2007-10-11 22:50:21 · answer #9 · answered by xyz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes! i believe they did!..
2007-10-11 22:50:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋