We all heard the story of Robin Hood, the skilled archer who stole from the rich for the poor. Without necessarily being part of English culture, we know his legend, whose validity is maintained, more than anything, thanks to oral narration.
The origin of the legend Robin Hood it’s pretty dark. The first literary reference Robin Hood comes from a mention in Piers Ploughman (Peter the Ploughman), an English poem written in about 1377. In the fifteenth century, Robin Hood it is mentioned in the narratives of Lyttle Geste od Robyn Hode, Robin Hood and the Monk, and the stories of Robin Hood his Death, Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne, and Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar.
But, according to legend, Robin Hood he lived in the twelfth or thirteenth centuries, earlier than these accounts tell. What the literary body does confirm is that the northern region of Barnsdale and the sherwood forest it was full of fugitives and thieves.
The truth is that the sources are many and confusing, so there are several candidates who could have been Robin Hood.
An option is such Robert Hodthen called Hobbehodwho was a tenant of the Archbishop of York during the reign of Henry III (son of John Without Land). There are legal files that show that he was a fugitive, that he was summoned in 1225 before his lord (the archbishop) and fled.
On the other hand, in 1852, the Victorian historian Joseph Hunter claimed to have found the real Robin Hood under the name of robert hood, mentioned in the royal archives as a servant of King Edward II. Hunter later discovered the same name (although not necessarily the same man) on scrolls originating from Wakefieldwhich includes the famous region of Barnsdaleone of the fugitive’s legendary homes.
The search for the real Robin Hood it gets complicated because Hood, HodY Hoder They were very common surnames in the England medieval, the same thing happened with the names Robert Y Robin. The truth is that the wordRobin Hood” soon became a nickname used by many officers to describe the officers. exiled from the law. There is evidence of at least 8 people before 1300 who were given the pseudonym. In fact, the word “hood” still means “gangster” either “outlaw person” in North America.
Today, the identity of the true Robin Hood remains as elusive as the legendary character was. But one thing is certain: his popularity today is as great as it was in the beginning.
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