Was Robin Hood A Real Person?

lombax123 | 18:17 Thu 29th Mar 2018 | History

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or just fictional like santa claus?

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elliemay1

No, just a legend

Mamyalynne

To an extent, yes he did exist.

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Robin-Hood/

elliemay1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood

Ken4155

Fictional. Though there are those who will say he is based on real characters from around that period and before.

Ken4155

Santa Claus is real, though! Isn't he? :-/

Mamyalynne

Yes.

Ken4155

Phew! Thanks, mamy. Would have hated for him to be fictitious after all those years of letter writing and putting the brandy and mince pies out.

Mamyalynne

Never fear all is well.

jourdain2

As ever, legends are rooted in facts - even if they are obscured and much embroidered. I live not far from Robin Hood's Bay-why on earth would it have been called that without some local legend? 'He' is probably a compilation of sorts, like most legends - but I have also lived in Kirklees where I came across his grave. If not a real person, then the embodiment of an ideal.

Chipchopper

Yes, as real as you and I.
When you stop believing, the magic has gone.

Jackdaw33

Of course Robin Hood was real. He had a mistress. No, not Maid Marion. If you listen to the song it goes,' Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding Trudy Glen'.

Guilbert53

Back in those days many peasants were tied to a local Lord and had to work for them (a form of slavery).

Some people ran away from these Lords and often the Lord would send out some of his men to look for the runaway "slave".

So these runaway slaves would hide out in the woods, and because the woods were much larger then you could hide many people in the huge woods.

So myths and legends grew up about these mysterious people who lived in the woods, and survived by criminal activities, legends often passed around from town to town via stories and songs.

So Robin Hood was just one of these people who got talked about in stories and songs, but there were many "Robin Hoods" all over the country.