[Turret Gunner A20]

In view of the undoubted attitude of the Church of that time, which Robin repurtedly robed as frequently as he robbed anyone else, I'm not so sure historians should put much credence in that marginal note made by a monk; he just may have been a bit biased in his opinion.

[lefty-lie-spy]

600 years is “ancient”....?!

[D Rider]

I agree. The church and the government taxed the people into submission. Robin re-appropriated taxes.

[OneWingedShark]

>”Around this time, according to popular opinion, a certain outlaw named Robin Hood, with his accomplices, infested Sherwood and other law-abiding areas of England with continuous robberies,”

Actually that really doesn’t sound too negative. If most of the people were paying, or trying to pay, their taxes then by that definition they are “law abiding”. Also note that there is no mention of the laws being just or unjust.

It sounds very much like a news-snippet. It may or may not have been that he gave the “proceeds” to the poor, but that he robbed is not in question, is it?

[George Smiley]

Let's fix this popular misconception RIGHT NOW.

According to legend, Hood roamed 13th-century Britain from a base in central England's Sherwood Forest, plundering from the rich GOVERNMENT to give to the poor.

[Deb]

Wouldn’t the monk have referred to him as, “Robin of Loxley”?

[ADemocratNoMore]

I remember a very anti-Robin Hood monolog in Atlas Shrugged.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

I really don’t care about 13th Century HOODlums; I care more about 21st Century HOODlums such as Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Biden, Murtha, et. al.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

But Luxford, an art history lecturer at the University of St. Andrews, in Fife, Scotland, says a 23-word inscription in a history book, written in Latin by a medieval monk around 1460, casts the outlaw as a persistent thief.

Assuming it's legit.... One note by one monk two centuries after the fact, and suddenly we have "Ancient Brits questioned outlaw"??

Kinda like taking the rantings of a few researchers, and spinning it into "Scientists agree that global warming will destroy the world."

[autumnraine]

“Robin” is a nickname for Robert in that time period I think.

[wideminded]

The forest once spanned 100,000 acres (40,500 hectares) across Nottinghamshire, but has shrunk in modern time to about 450 acres (180 hectares).

That's impossible. A lot of people on this very website have assured me that there are more trees now than there ever were.

[george76]

An academic says he’s found evidence that Britain’s legendary outlaw Robin Hood wasn’t as popular as folklore suggests.

Julian Luxford says a note discovered in the margins of an ancient history book contains rare criticism of the supposedly benevolent bandit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090314/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_robin_hood

[Pharmboy]

"We didn't land on Sherwood Forest, Sherwood Forest landed on US!"

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks george76 for the ping and Stayat Homemother for the link in FReepmail! "Around this time, according to popular opinion, a certain outlaw named Robin Hood, with his accomplices, infested Sherwood and other law-abiding areas of England with continuous robberies," the note read when translated into English, Luxford said. Isn't that pretty much in accord with the RH story as it has come down to us? That he also robbed the filthy rich clergy? And that Friar Tuck he couldn't beat, FT couldn't prevail either, but FT joined the Merry Band? IOW, I agree with Turret Gunner A20, D Rider, and Constitutionalist Conservative. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[SunkenCiv]

nuts, and we were doing so well here...

The 13th Century manuscript that shows
Robin Hood and his Merry Men weren’t so popular after all
Daily Mail (UK) | 14th March 2009 | Paul Sims
Posted on 03/14/2009 7:48:20 AM PDT by PotatoHeadMick
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2206506/posts

[Ole Okie]

Yeah, old Robin removed the gold from one and all.

I’d look further for opinion polls reflecting opinions of the very poor he was supposed to be helping before forming an attitude against Robin.

[Little Ray]

You beat me to it...
The Church taxed the peasants just like the Crown. They were co-equal targets with agents of the Crown for Robin Hood.
Needless to say, certain religious Orders might have shared the Crown’s view of Robin’s actions.