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Robin Hood, one of the most popular legends. Sure there are many more popular legends but I am going to focus on Robin Hood right now. “The earliest surviving text of a Robin Hood ballad is the 15th century "Robin Hood and the Monk". This is preserved in Cambridge University manuscript Ff.5.48. Written after 1450, it contains many of the elements still associated with the legend, from the Nottingham setting to the bitter enmity between Robin and the local sheriff.” Robin Hood robbed the rich, and gave to the poor. He also became a popular folk figure in the Late Middle Ages.
Robin Hood was a highly skilled archer, along with being a very good thief so the stories say. Robin Hood is such a popular story/ballad, there are many plays, movies,
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