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Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a character from English folklore. He is a heroic outlaw who is known for robbing from the rich and giving to the poor and is assisted in his actions by a group of outlaws known as his Merry Men.
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Why did robin hood want to go across the bridge?
The ballad isn't all that specific about his motivations. It merely says that 'he was going across' presumably to get to the other side of the stream.
Although now a staple of the Robin Hood legend, the tale of how Robin met Little John is known first from a 17th century ballad named Robin Hood and Little John, and, due to its apparently late date of composition, is often considered to be an 'origin story' (or 'prequel', in today's parlance). It introduces into the mythology the meeting of John and Robin, and the reason for John's epithet 'Little'.
It tells the story of how a 20 year old Robin meets John on a bridge in the greenwood, and neither will give way to the other. Robin puts an arrow to his bow, which causes John, armed only with quarterstaff, to call him a coward. Robin therefore discards his bow, and chooses himself a staff. The two fight, Robin loses (often amended in modern retellings), and John joins his outlaw band.
Why Robin was crossing the bridge is not specifically related in the ballad itself, but the tale begins with Robin leaving his merry men in order to go for a walk through the forest, since they had had no "sport" for a fortnight. Although this 'sport' which Robin was missing is not spelled out in the text, since he follows the statement with "Now should I be beat, and cannot retreat/My horn I will presently blow" it seems likely that he meant combat. Robin went off into the greenwood to pick a fight with someone.It therefore seems likely that, since the seven-feet-tall John was also walking through the forest, Robin may have stepped onto the bridge specifically to challenge a worthy opponent, and for no other reason. The ballad states that Robin spied John before they stepped onto the narrow bridge, then challenged him on it. The chosen arena for his battle seems to have been intended to give no room for doubt as to the victor: John would either have had to turn tail and flee, or stand and fight.
Earlier versions of the tale may have been in existence, but are now lost; it is possible that these older ballads gave Robin a different motivation for roving the forest alone, and therefore crossing the bridge. Later versions also often give him more reason to be crossing the bridge than looking for a scrap.
However, it seems fairly clear that in the oldest version of the story we have, Robin crossed the bridge for no other reason than to challenge Little John to a fight.
Did any 1970 Z-28 camaro ever have factory hood pins?
No - http://www.nastyz28.com/camaro/camaro70.php - Middle / Bottom of page lists available options - hood pins aren't listed. Doesn't mean they may not have been a dealer installed item - but I doubt it.
What did the merry men do for Robin Hood?
They robbed stole plundered and pillaged. They were outlaws after all.
Are the Robin Hood collector cards worth anything?
It does not appear so. There are a couple auctions on eBay for misc. cards from the set. There are no bids and the most inexpensive auction is approx $5.
because it may have violence because for the movie that you are talking about they are like, remix's of the real story. so i would say violence or inappropriate scenes.
The correct spelling of the character is "Maid Marian" (the romantic interest and later the wife of the protagonist Robin Hood).
How old was Sean connery when he played Robin Hood?
Connery was born in 1930, and the film, Robin and Marian ,was released in 1976.
When did Robin Hood die and where?
The Death of Robin Hood
One of the famous stories of Robin's death goes like this:
It was nearly evening when Robin Hood and Little John (one of Robin's merry men) were returning from a hunt when Robin started to feel sick and fever quickly took over. Robin then asked Little John to take him to the Kirklees Priory where his cousin the prioress worked.
When Robin Hood arrived at the Priory Gatehouse he was taken up stairs to a private room. The prioress then opened up one of Robins veins and left him alone in till the next evening. On the way out prioress locked the door no one knows why she did it may of been because she cared for him or for some other reason. When Robin Hood was in his weak state Sir Roger of Donkestere (who may have been in love prioress) climbed through the window and stabbed Robin Hood in the arm. Robin Hood then swang his sword and beheaded Roger in one swing. Robin now dying from Exanguinating Haemorrhage grabbed his horn and blew 3 times for Little John who was waiting in the forest for news of his master. John under stood this and barged through the doors of the Gatehouse panicking because he could tell that Robin Hood was in a weak state because of how weak he blew in the horn. When he reached Robins room he saw that Robin was dying and said that he would burn down the Gatehouse and kill all the nuns that were in the gatehouse at the same time. Robin told John not to because he had never harmed a woman in his life. Robin asked John to pass him his bow and that he would shoot it out the window and were ever it landed John would need to bury Robin. After Robin shoot the arrow that travelled 594 meters Robin died. John then left to complete his master's last command. :(
What evidence is there that Robin Hood existed?
A recently discovered note found in the margin of a medieval history book may help to answer some of the doubts. Julian Luxford, an art history lecturer at St Andrews University, found the short note that had been scribbled in the book by a monk around 1460. The note said:
"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 seems to verify that there was a single thief known as Robin Hood who operated out of Sherwood Forest -- just as the legend is popularly told.
Did Robin Hood ever really love kate in the series of Robin Hood?
kate maid marion and all the other ''loves'' of robin hoods life are know to be additions in the 1700's
Was pepper harrow a real person from robin hood?
It's a place in Surrey (South of England). Nottingham is 200 miles away in the north. Peper Harow is very ancient and means Pagan Temple. They built a village next to Peper Harow for the film so I guess that's where the idea came to incorporate PH.
Name two fictional or historical characters who fought with quarter staffs on a log bridge?
Little John and Robin Hood
Did Robin Hood die in brighouse woods?
The earliest source of information about how and where Robin Hood died is a ballad called "The Death of Robin Hood." I follow it pretty closely in my novel The Robin Hood Chronicles. In the ballad Robin is ill and is taken by Little John to the convent at Kirklees, where his cousin, who is skilled in medicine, is prioress. It is there that he dies. The ballad does not indicate the nature of the illness he is being treated for; in my novel I assume it was the Black Death, a plague which killed hundreds of people in England in 1348.
Does BBC Robin Hood follow the book?
Not exactly. They seemed to have switched around the character's roles. The show is fairly accurate on some of the legends and ignored other legends. BBC added in some new stories to the mix, as well.
(This answer is based on Howard Pyle's book "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood")
Is Robin Hood real or a story for kids?
Robin Hood is a character of folklore, who may have been based on an actual person .
There is much written on Robin Hood, but much of it is contradictory or outright storyteller invention; so it is impossible to say if he actually existed.
No. The Normans end before the legendary Robin is on the scene, by that time the rulers of England are the Plantagenets.
