Robin Hood may also refer to Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield.

Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the medieval era who, in modern versions of the legend, is famous for his robbing the rich to feed the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny. He operates with his "seven score" (140 strong) group of fellow outlawed yeomen – named the Merry Men, meaning "companion or follower of outlaw",[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=merry&searchmode=none Merry. Online Etymological Dictionary. URL accessed June 6 2006. who were based in hideouts in Sherwood Forest and Barnsdale Forest near the city of Nottingham. The chief nemesis of the Merry Men, in many of the stories surrounding the band, is the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham who is overtaxing the people into poverty, and in some tales the villain is Prince John, based on John of England. In some versions Robin Hood is said to have been a nobleman, the lord of Loxley, or Locksley (then the seat of Hallamshire, now in South Yorkshire) in the early medieval period who was deprived of his lands by corrupt churchmen and greedy law officials. Sometimes he is returning from the crusades to find the land pillaged by the sheriff. Historical records suggest Robin Hood was in fact born in Wakefield Yorkshire.

The people of present day Nottinghamshire have a great affinity with Robin Hood as their folklore hero; he is a symbol of the county. For example, major road signs entering the county show Robin Hood sporting his bow and arrow, welcoming people to 'Robin Hood County.' BBC Radio Nottingham also uses the phrase 'Robin Hood County' on its regular programmes. In many tales, Robin Hood was said to have been Anglo Saxon and his enemies in authority were often said to be Norman; it is a historical fact that bitterness and conflict was still common amongst these communities over a century after the Norman Conquest (the former having been settled in England for far longer). Locksley is indeed an Anglo-Saxon surname Click here for family crest.

Today, Robin Hood is sometimes presented as the champion of people against taxers, sometimes as an egalitarian. In the stories Robin Hood also pursues other types of social justice. However, as mentioned below, Robin Hood was not quite so generous in the original medieval ballads, in which he is often seen as an arrogant and headstrong rebel who isn't adverse to blood-letting, and was more than a little fearsome an opponent for his enemies. Furthermore, even within the band, equality was not even looked for; Robin's men, in ballads, kneel before him, and in A Gest of Robyn Hode, the king observed, "His men are more at his byddynge/Then my men be at myn." In the end, since most events in the various Robin Hood stories are folklore, arguments over the "real" or "true" Robin Hood are unlikely to reach any conclusion. Even if a historical Robin Hood or a similar person did indeed exist, finding concrete evidence about his life is highly improbable.

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PoorpoorBears (A P) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:03:21 -0000
@Tigger84 ...Oh..ich wusste gar nicht, dass Schnappi bei "Robin Hood" mitspielt...YAY! Frohes Neues btw. =D
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Die alte Synchronisation von "Robin Hood" (mit Kevin Costner) war so viel besser #sat1
Shaosaye (Irina) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:01:35 -0000
Die alte Synchronisation von "Robin Hood" (mit Kevin Costner) war so viel besser #sat1
... in der richtigen Stimmung für historische Epen ... da passt doch Robin Hood total! :D #movies #tv
sweety_annchen (Anne Koehler) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:58:03 -0000
... in der richtigen Stimmung für historische Epen ... da passt doch Robin Hood total! :D #movies #tv
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DDeixP (Daniel) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:57:41 -0000
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Watching Robin Hood "Prince of the thieves"! That's a movie of my childhood! Awe and the soundtrack, unforgettable! #nostalgia
draganamusic (Dragana) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:56:19 -0000
Watching Robin Hood "Prince of the thieves"! That's a movie of my childhood! Awe and the soundtrack, unforgettable! #nostalgia

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