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Title: Who was Robin Hood? Was he historical fact or simply a medieval fiction? Why has the Robin Hood Legend become so loved and well known across the world and through the generations? Most of our knowledge about the Robin Hood legend derives from the


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Who was Robin Hood? Was he historical fact or
simply a medieval fiction? Why has the Robin Hood
Legend become so loved and well known across the
world and through the generations?Most of our
knowledge about the Robin Hood legend derives
from the earliest ballads and tales which have
passed through the centuries.
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What is a legend?
An unverified story handed down from earlier
times, especially one popularly believed to be
historical.
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An extremely famous or notorious person.
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So, who was Robin Hood?
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The stories of Robin Hood originate from medieval
times.
What was it like in medieval times?
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They made their houses themselves because they
could not afford to pay someone to build them.
The simplest houses were made out of sticks and
straw.
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The Black Death of 1348 killed a large number of
the peasant population. This meant that there
were not enough peasants to work in the fields.
Landowners desperate for workers to harvest their
crops began offering wages to anyone who would
work on their land. Peasants were, for the first
time, able to offer their services to the
landowner that would pay the highest wage. With
more money, peasants were able to afford better
housing and many now lived in wattle and daub
houses. Wattle and Daub houses were taller and
wider than the simple stick and straw houses.
They also offered better protection from the
weather. They were made by first constructing a
framework of timber, then filling in the spaces
with wattle (woven twigs). Finally, the twigs
were daubed with mud which, when dried, made a
hard wall.
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Medieval Times
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He is known for "robbing the rich to give to the
poor" and fighting against injustice and tyranny.
He had followers called his, merry men. He
has been the subject of numerous films,
television series, books, comics and plays.
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The Legend of Robin Hood is a traditional English
tale dating back into the middle ages. In the
17th century, ballads were composed explaining
how various Merry Men met Robin Hood.  
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