When was robin hood alive?
Robin Hood was said to have lived in the 12 hundreds theres mentions of him as early as1260 he was said to be the Earl of Huntington at this time its known that Nottigham forest reached as far as S Yorkshire and this is where Robin and his Merry Men robbed the rich to give to the poor Although theres no concrete proof that he did exist stories this wide spread that go back so far are usually based on some fact but it`s probably been distorted a lot in time I like to think its true its a lovely legend of one person standing up for the poor downtrodden people of those times theres stacks of stuff about in on the Internet if your interested
The popular stories usually put him at the time of Richard the Lionheart, mostly when Richard was away fighting the Crusades, and his brother Price John (Lackland) was effectively running the country. However, there’s no actual evidence that the character is based on any real person. In his earliest appearances he seems to have been more an archetypal figure representing the May – May Day celebrations all over the country involved mummers plays and local traditions featuring the characters of Robin Hood and Little John, who would fight each other – sometimes also Will Scarlett, Friar Tuck, etc, but mostly Robin and John. The fight seems to have been some kind of ritual/symbolic thing. Interestingly, the French equivalent involved a character that seems to have been the forerunner of Maid Marion, and it was through these May Day events that the character of Maid Marion became linked to Robin Hood. The romantically minded are always finding historical figures that they think Robin could
