Robin+Hood

By: Brooklyn Bachmann & Isabel Tinoco Robin Hood was a legendary hero of 12th-century England, famous for his robbing of the rich to help the poor. Courteous, manly, fair, and always ready for a joke, Robin Hood reflected many of the standards made for the English yeoman. He lived in Sherwood Forest with Little John, who was his chief archer, Friar Tuck, Maid Marion, his love, and his band of “Merry Men."

Stories of Robin describe him as a fearless outlaw leading his band of "merry men" against the dictatorship of Prince John, the sheriff of Nottingham, and Sir Guy of Gisbourne. As a talented archer, Robin lived a life of adventure. Stories about the adventures of Robin have been told and retold for over six hundred years. In Robin Hood’s time, only a few people could read or write and as a result little was written down about the adventures of our hero. Instead, people learned about Robin and his band through ballads and songs that created a mix of fact and fiction into the existing culture of the time.

Robin Hood affected Nottingham by making them known for Sherwood Forest where he and his “Merry Men” may have hid during his time, many tourists visit Nottingham to see where Robin Hood and his “gang” hid and are said to have made history.