Robin Hood tourism Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
heroic outlaw in English folklore, a highly skilled archer and swordsman
About Robin Hood tourism
—Walt Disney'sRobin Hood There are multiple theories about Robin Hood's origins, which is another way of saying that no theory, and no historical figure, is convincing. The legend usually places him around the turn of the 12th / 13th Centuries, when King Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) was away fighting theCrusades, and his younger brother Prince John had only unofficial power as heir presumptive. The Prince became King John in 1199 and in 1215 he signed Magna Carta to head off a revolt by his Barons – so the Robin Hood legend plays into the story of the foundations of English liberty. King John died at nearby Newark in 1216 and was succeeded by his son Henry III. From 1261 onwards, magistrates began describing villains as "Robinhood" and suchlike. In 1265 Roger Godberd rebelled against
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