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Robin Hood

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Robin Hood

In English legend, an outlaw and champion of the poor against the rich, said to have lived in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, during the reign of Richard I (1189–99). He feuded with the sheriff of Nottingham, accompanied by Maid Marian and a band of followers known as his ‘merry men’. He appears in many popular ballads from the 13th century, but his first datable appearance is in William Langland's Piers Plowman in the late 14th century. He became popular in the 15th century.

Many film versions of the legend have been made, including those of 1938, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, and 1991, directed by and starring Kevin Costner.



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And now I will tell how it came about that Robin Hood fell afoul of the law.
Well, say, Joe, you can be Friar Tuck or Much the miller's son, and lam me with a quarter-staff; or I'll be the Sheriff of Nottingham and you be Robin Hood a little while and kill me.
They gave Robin Hood a horn upon which he was to blow to summon them.
 
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