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    Feared by the bad, loved by the good? Scientists discover previously unknown document on Robin Hood

    (PhysOrg.com) -- A freshly-discovered document highlighting negative attitudes towards Robin Hood has been deciphered by an academic at the University of St Andrews.

    The previously unknown chronicle entry introduces never before seen facts about "a certain outlaw named Robin Hood".

    Rather than depicting the traditionally well-liked hero, the article suggests that Robin Hood and his merry men may not actually have been "loved by the good".

    Dr Julian Luxford from the University's School of Art History found the reference to the legendary figure in an inscription from around 1460 which appears in an English manuscript owned by Eton College.

    Dr Luxford, an expert in medieval manuscript studies, explained, "The new find contains a uniquely negative assessment of the outlaw, and provides rare evidence for monastic attitudes towards him.

    The pre-Reformation article is the only English chronicle entry to have been discovered which mentions Robin Hood. To date, just three Scottish medieval authors are thought to have set Robin in a chronological context.

    Dr Luxford continued, "The new find places Robin Hood in Edward I's reign, thus supporting the belief that his legend is of thirteenth century origin";

    A translation of the short inscription, which contains only 23 words in Latin, reads, "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"

    Dr Luxford said, "While Little John is not mentioned here, Robin is assigned partners-in crime. And the inscription's author does at least acknowledge that these men were active elsewhere in England.

    "By mentioning Sherwood it buttresses the hitherto rather thin evidence for a medieval connection between Robin and the Nottinghamshire forest with which he has become so closely associated"

    The discovery has been written up as an article which will be published later this month in the Journal of Medieval History.

    Provided by University of St Andrews
    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 14 March 2009, 22:09.
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  • #2
    Well, history was largedly written by and about the nobility, so ofcourse they would say that Robin Hood was an awfull crook
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    • #3
      Except that the nobility could not read nor write. This was limited to "clerks" (modern, clerics), who used this ability to pressure the mandatory faithful into their interpretation of Christianity. It was jealously guarded and lay persons were forbidden the art.
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      • #4
        if i remember correctly, Robin and his men helped to re-distribute the monks' money (against their wishes of course) to the poor. So i cannot see a monk (priest, clerk) writing about the virtues of Robin and his men in a positive light.
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        • #5
          Interesting that the writing indicated his name was Robyn Hode not Robin Hood.

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          • #6
            Spelling was very flexible in those days. Shakespeare lived 300 or 400 years later but see how many ways his name was spelled:
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