While early ballads placed him in the 14th century during the reign of "King Edward," later history moved him back to the 12th-century reign of to heighten the drama of his conflict with Prince John. The Culture: An Outlaw for Every Age
A real-life nobleman who rebelled against King John and lived as an outlaw.
Writers "gentrified" him into a disgraced nobleman, the Earl of Huntingdon , to make him more palatable to high-society audiences.
While early ballads placed him in the 14th century during the reign of "King Edward," later history moved him back to the 12th-century reign of to heighten the drama of his conflict with Prince John. The Culture: An Outlaw for Every Age
A real-life nobleman who rebelled against King John and lived as an outlaw. Robin Hood : myth, history and culture
Writers "gentrified" him into a disgraced nobleman, the Earl of Huntingdon , to make him more palatable to high-society audiences. While early ballads placed him in the 14th