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A new book is coming out which casts Robin Hood as a person who would steal from the rich and lend to the poor. This interpretation is based on an old Middle English poem written about the adventurer of Sherwood Forest. The book also makes the claim that he belonged to the Templar order.New book claims Robin Hood stole from the rich and lent to the poor
Is there any documentation that such a character ever lived and performed the acts we have as part of our cultural banquet? Robin of Lockesly, a Saxon, a varlet, a nobleman, a companion of Richard, a wooer of maid (sic) Marion, a doughty archer and an expert with the staff, a leader of a band of merry men in Sherwood forest where he established his home and fought repeatedly against the dastardly Sheriff ofNottingham. Do we have paper on this guy?WillyD
I think that is an open question. But the fact that his “story” was included in medieval folklore means that the Robin Hood legend still holds importance, even if only in a hermeneutic sense.
