Plus any pertinent facts and public records, ones that could determine the verdict once and for all, likely either no longer exist or possibly never existed in the first place. Discerning the truth through hundreds of years of repetitive studies and speculations is like trying to hit a target with an arrow while blindfolded. This in turn has led many researchers to sort through the annals of the past, attempting to uncover the man behind the myth, the real Robin Hood who inspired such a devoted following.īut history is as murky as a forest blanketed in predawn fog.
Poets, playwrights and directors have all seized on the good outlaw theme and run with it, breathing new life into the legend again and again. Retold in countless variations, Robin Hood's resume has been expanded and enriched extensively during the intervening centuries. Literary references of Robin Hood - beloved today as a vigilante outlaw and rebellious philanthropist - stretch back to at least the 14th century.
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