This should be on television more/again. Such good tv. Thanks for doing all the digging up and research, and for making all the video's. Very good work.
Errol Flynn is the Robin Hood ever I have watched the Adventures of Robin Hood dozens of times since a boy and never get tired of watching it’s one of my favourite films of all time
"Our Robert Hood, who lived somewhere under the number 49 Stop..." Puts things into perspective, doesn't it? Later generations don't care who you were, they'll just plonk a bus stop over your house lol.
Excellent. It's a very complex and mysterious historical problem ( see or hear, for instance, the program devoted to this elusive subject by Lord Bragg in his History in Our Time series ) - this is by far the best and most comprehensive treatment of the topic avaliable.
Well done. With Robin's identity remaining a mystery along with his frailties and vices, the legend will continue to serve to mankind. When thought of as more of an abstraction or ideal than a flesh and blood person, he will maintain super hero of western civilization status like Arthur, Beowulf, and to some extent the more transparent Wallace.
Interesting/informative/entertaining😎 excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Especially the movie cutscenes🎥 class A research project. My favorite Robin Hood impersonator was Errol Flynn 🏹🌲
Yes, there's most probably dozens of Robin Hoods throughout the ages as there were Johns, Alfreds, Richards and Nigels. But there's only one way to tell the real Robin Hood and he's the one wearing green tights!
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Riding through the glen, Robin Hood, Robin Hood, With his band of men, Feared by the bad, Loved by the good, Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Robin Hood. Loved the TV show as a kid. Richard Greene was my favorite Robin Hood.
Go stand at Bristol City, in the right place you will hear an aggressive foul mouthed little alcoholic scumbag screaming unbelievable abuse. I promise you will never see him the same way again. I could not believe it
Fascinating. I also find it interesting and pretty cool how the story has been adopted trough centuries, only seems natural that it should continue to do so. And interesting to hear about real people who even if not the original real Robin Hood seem to have possibly influenced the stories.
The ending I got - the same one you recount , w/Robin Hood being bled to death by an evil nun, and shooting his arrow to where he should be buried - was from my Mum's childhood book. I was weeping, I can tell you! Just wee girl - I have never forgot it. THANKS for new data! Can't hurt to know what MAY be the "truth"........cheers!
We had a computer studies teacher at school whose name was Robin Hood (Mr Hood, to us.) It amused me (at the time,) and perhaps it may have been nominative determinism, but he taught an after school class in........ you guessed it, robbery. No, sorry that's not it, archery, he taught archery.
stelun56, if you're correcting the name of the class I took in 1984-85 far enough, but I should inform you, the title of the lesson I had written on my school curriculum, was Computer studies (with R. Hood.) My comment was a fleeting one, but it was meant to be fun 🙂
There was a British Robin Hood series for children in the early 1970's that was wonderful. The final episode was literally a show stopper, it ended with Robin's poisoning in the nunnery. I would love to know the particulars of that series and if DVDs were available now ?
God bless the bards. There were centuries without radio or TV. The only entertainment came from the traveling tale tellers and singers. And what happens when a few "professionals" get together for a pint? They share their stories, swapping round verses and choruses, adding in more time relevant details. This goes on for CENTURIES!!!! Eventually some monk or over educated nobleman dips quill in ink... This explains the Norse sagas, the Arthur legends and the Robin Hood stories. There were originally a few kernels of fact in these tales, but those facts have become so over embroidered that we may never find the thread of Truth in them. Which is fine. Because humans love to tell stories.
Yeah You right ppl b4 TV and stuff...had to rely on listening to their Nearest and dearest tho Human Nature as it is...werent always Their Dearest either Hence wars witch Trials of innocent women
Still happens though heavily changed by now haha, love that about it here in Ripon (where I was born and have just moved back to after nearly 20 years) actually is when the riot at St Mary's and the monks moving to form what was then called Fountains Abbey (there's a few others) certainly by 672 yeah....
I love around 8:00, "jumping on the bandwagon 4 centuries after the event". Gotta love those Brits, in regards to the humor used here. I laughed anyway
All legends start with a central historical figure around which stories from other historical figures cluster and to which is added the fantasy of the balladeer in nearly all pre-literate societies.
Technically "Sherwood Forest" more accurately translates "Shirewood Forest" which was simply an area under forest law. It didn't have to refer to a specific forest.
Born in Yorkshire always know Robin was from Yorkshire he's buried on the Kirklees Priory Grounds. Every time we would pass my Dad would tell me you see that Pub The Three Nuns Robin Hoods buried behind it.
I really enjoy all these historical investigations with Tony Robinson. In 2016 we have the continuing Disnification of very old retold tales. My little grandson is shocked to hear any original grisly Grimm version of fairy tales alluded to on Nick Jr. :o ... originality is nothing if not derivative ;) ... part of a process ... and so we civilize ourselves by the ideals we uphold in our heroes ...
Robin Hood is super popular and well known in New England. In a town next to me in Massachusetts there is a neighborhood full of streets named after Robin Hood's story. There are names like Little John Circle, Friar Tuck Lane Nottingham Rd, Bounty St, Maid Marion St, and Sherwood Drive. I deliver pizza to those roads and as soon as I hear my next delivery is to a street name with an association with Robin Hood I know exactly where I will be going.
I've learned a lot about this. It also reminds me of the old Sierra game Conquest of the Longbow. In the game, they made Matilda the Sheriff's wife... now I know where they got the same. :)
Nearly every person back then was an outlaw in their spare time, and there was bound to be a couple of Roberts and Robins knocking about the place. And today we have Hoodies, what a world, what a world.
Jim McNeil. No, being an outlaw was a legal status putting you outside the protection of the law which only applies to men. To be made an outlaw you had to fail to attend court on 3 consequetive times. However, as few poor people had any faith in the protection of the law they would flee the area and became outlaws. You could only have your outlaw status lifted by the court which put it on you, nor you get aid legally from the Church. As an outlaw anyone could maim or kill you without getting into trouble with the law.
I live only 15mls away from Sherwood Forest and The Major Oak, Robin Hoods hiding place. As a child I always loved playing in that forest believing I was Robin Hood and nothing will change my mind that the forest and Nottingham was where he came from in my mind! Im starting to believe Yorkshire has a vendetta against the East Midlands as they claim Hood belongs to them yet no everdence can prove this and they wanted to steal the remains found of King Richard 3rd from underneath a car park in Leicester as they claim he spent alot of his life in Yorkshire. What will Yorkshire try to steal next, the Bakewell Tart or the Melton Mowbery Pork Pie? lol.
Robin Hood = Herne = Cernunnos The 80's ITV show Robin of Sherwood, made great pains to connect Robin of Loxley to Cernunnos. It seems the writer may have known what Tony begins to discover.
That's not quite correct, after the Norman conquests a '' Forrest'' was a legal term, and meant an area subject to special Royal laws designed to protect the valuable resources of timber and game within it's boundaries, Records of the ''Sciryuda'' or ''forest of the shire'' are quite accurate, In the 1200's, thought to be the time of Robin Hood, Sherwood covered about 100,000 acres. Read it here www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/sherwood-forest/history-of-sherwood-forest-robin-hood-and-major-oak
The old ballads of Robin Hood has changed several times since the 13th century. Robin Hood took the basic shape of the particular generation that was representing him. Although some have said that these ballads could have been a reference to someone specific, there has never been any conclusive evidence that the man himself ever existed at all.
I’m a Robinson. I remember being around 6yrs old, and my much older cousin convinced me that we were related to Robin Hood. He was convincing. He said “we are Robinsons. Robin....sons? Sons of Robin? Duh” lol. Or, something to that effect 😂!
There are apparently records of a "Robert Hood" appearing in the court roles of Barnsdale in the time of Edward II and interestingly enough, when Edward II is returning from campaign in Scotland, he deliberately alters his journey to avoid Barnsdale "lest his hostages be taken from him."
What's even funnier is that the Instrument next to the bow and arrow etched into the grave monument is called a baldrick which was Tony Robinson's character in most of the seasons of the Blackadder. Jason Roggasch thanx for remembering: "I have a cunning plan"
According to the historian Daniel Baldwin, the man who accurately predicted that Richard III was buried at the Greyfriar Monastery, said that the real Robin Hood was a man named Roger Godbeard. Prior to this man there was no ballads and tales. Only after his rebellion against the Sheriff of Nottingham did the stories come about. The name Robin Hood was nothing more than slang, "That robbing hood!", was typical of any thief in disguise usually under a hood.
imagine going on a mad mission in some woods tripping your nuts off with the crew and come across a medieval survival expert dressed up playing 14th century lol.
A detail that will escape most people is this: He was a robber and he wore hood, his gang of robbers wore hoods to avoid being identified..they were the "robbing hoods". the truth lies in front of your noses too close to be seen! Robin Hood is a poetic empirical description to tag a number of people.."He was a Robbing Hood!" to describe a peasant claiming from a lord what was he believes is his..hence the heroic quality of the idea.
@@Nmethyltransferase sure, sure, they had cameras in the 13th century, but they couldn't doctor the photos, the dial-up took CENTURIES !! On a merrier note, there was no fake news !!
A mixture of many characters, thieves, highway robbers, bandits, outlaws , etc stories of individuals that evolved into being about one mythical outlaw leader called Robin hood.
I think maybe it started out as a slang for an outlaw because of a pun on "robin" = robber and hood was a name but also outlaws wore them for anonymity. Then from the slang came stories, maybe based on some of the real events mentioned here. But the name as a slang for an outlaw probably came first.
I remember reading in my magazine MEDIEVAL WARFARE There was a guerrilla fighter called William of Cassingham. who fought against the French who were allied to the 1st Rebel Barons during the Barons war. This guerrilla leader was a commoner. He was nottied for his powers with a bow and his guerrilla force consisted of mostly archers. They actually burnt the French siege camp around Dover at one time. Some people think that the Robin Hood tales are based on the exploits of William Cassingham. “ A certain youth, William by name, a fighter and a loyalist [to King John] who despised those who were not, gathered a vast number of archers in the forests and waste places [of the Kent and Sussex Weald], all of them men of the region, and all the time they attacked and disrupted the enemy, and as a result of their intense resistance many thousands of Frenchmen were slain. Roger of Wendover, Flores Historiarum, II. 182 (Rolls Series, London, 1887).
Seen this guy's story in that movie "Men in Tights". Covers almost everything! Those photos though of Robin Hood are remarkable given the technology of the time - who knew?
Robert Hood of Wakefield (ca. 1323) is probably the Robin Hood of the balads, but the original Robin Hood is: Robert Fitz Odo lived in Loxley, Warwickshire (ca. 1200), Robert Hode Yorkshir dales (ca. 1225), or Robert LeFevre aka Robin Hood southern England (ca. 1261).
Roger Godberd matches more intricate details than any other character and was a genuine outlaw ,whereas Wakefield Robin wasn't even technically made an outlaw etc.
"Why a spoon, cousin?"
"Because it's dull you twit!! It'll hurt more!"
R.I.P. Alan Rickman.
AR the best movie villain ever ,a sad loss RIP.
No question
.....bring a friend
Tony Robinson driving. Someone get a breathalyser. Guy is a foul- mouthed thug. Go to Bristol City. Watch a few home games. You'll come across him
A really really good Robin Hood documentary. Thanks for the upload!
This should be on television more/again. Such good tv. Thanks for doing all the digging up and research, and for making all the video's. Very good work.
Another great show from Tony. Love the legends he is examining!
Errol Flynn is the Robin Hood ever I have watched the Adventures of Robin Hood dozens of times since a boy and never get tired of watching it’s one of my favourite films of all time
Lovely story, and Tony always does a good job. In this one it doesn't hurt that his last name is ROBINSON.
"Our Robert Hood, who lived somewhere under the number 49 Stop..." Puts things into perspective, doesn't it? Later generations don't care who you were, they'll just plonk a bus stop over your house lol.
Could have been worse, a public toilet or so.
Richard III was found under a car park.
Excellent. It's a very complex and mysterious historical problem ( see or hear, for instance, the program devoted to this elusive subject by Lord Bragg in his History in Our Time series ) - this is by far the best and most comprehensive treatment of the topic avaliable.
OMG that dial up noise. Lol!
+Addy C: how old is this?
End credits say MMI, so 2001.
oh yea, nostalgia hard on right there. I want it as my phone tune.
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I miss the days of waiting 10 minutes to get online.
Well done. With Robin's identity remaining a mystery along with his frailties and vices, the legend will continue to serve to mankind. When thought of as more of an abstraction or ideal than a flesh and blood person, he will maintain super hero of western civilization status like Arthur, Beowulf, and to some extent the more transparent Wallace.
Interesting/informative/entertaining😎 excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Especially the movie cutscenes🎥 class A research project. My favorite Robin Hood impersonator was Errol Flynn 🏹🌲
Yes, there's most probably dozens of Robin Hoods throughout the ages as there were Johns, Alfreds, Richards and Nigels. But there's only one way to tell the real Robin Hood and he's the one wearing green tights!
Robin Hood, Robin Hood,
Riding through the glen,
Robin Hood, Robin Hood,
With his band of men,
Feared by the bad,
Loved by the good,
Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Robin Hood.
Loved the TV show as a kid. Richard Greene was my favorite Robin Hood.
Dennis Moore...Dennis Moore.....
@@shaalis sadly, I remember "Rocket Robinhood".....and have caught myself singing the theme song..eeeeeeeeee
My favorite Robin Hood is and always will be Richard Green. I remember that series from the 60s. Long live Robin Hood.
Also, Errol Flynn
"...he steals from the poor,
and he gives to the rich...
stupid bitch-"
Watching Tony act in that little clip made this entire episode! XD
Go stand at Bristol City, in the right place you will hear an aggressive foul mouthed little alcoholic scumbag screaming unbelievable abuse. I promise you will never see him the same way again. I could not believe it
All we really know is that he probably wasn't a fox, and Little John probably wasn't a bear.
Corylus Bluefox that's the best version
Holy crap! Next thing you will tell me is that prince John wasn't a tiger! LMFAO!!!!!!!
And those 2 names have further modern implications that were likley true.
Debatable lol maybe that's why the sheriff can't catch him because he's looking for a man not a fox 😂
wayne kendrick lion
Fascinating. I also find it interesting and pretty cool how the story has been adopted trough centuries, only seems natural that it should continue to do so.
And interesting to hear about real people who even if not the original real Robin Hood seem to have possibly influenced the stories.
Yeah
Agree
The ending I got - the same one you recount , w/Robin Hood being bled to death by an evil nun, and shooting his arrow to where he should be buried - was from my Mum's childhood book. I was weeping, I can tell you! Just wee girl - I have never forgot it. THANKS for new data! Can't hurt to know what MAY be the "truth"........cheers!
I had to listen to this 3 times at 23:27 when he listed one of the kit as a Baldric. Shades of Blackadder 🤣
One of Tony's finest adventures! I have no doubt he has found Robin, and for that we are indeed grateful.
"I have a cunning plan..."
Robin Hood and Baldrick! Now, there's a fucking fact to chew on, mates!
Every great man needs Baldrick at his side!
We had a computer studies teacher at school whose name was Robin Hood (Mr Hood, to us.) It amused me (at the time,) and perhaps it may have been nominative determinism, but he taught an after school class in........ you guessed it, robbery.
No, sorry that's not it, archery, he taught archery.
computing studies
stelun56, if you're correcting the name of the class I took in 1984-85 far enough, but I should inform you, the title of the lesson I had written on my school curriculum, was Computer studies (with R. Hood.) My comment was a fleeting one, but it was meant to be fun 🙂
There was a British Robin Hood series for children in the early 1970's that was wonderful. The final episode was literally a show stopper, it ended with Robin's poisoning in the nunnery. I would love to know the particulars of that series and if DVDs were available now ?
THAT WAS EXCELLENT TONY THANKYOU FOR THE EFFORT AND PLEASE DO SOME MORE SOON
I love Tony as a presenter ❤
Thank u Tony for such a great exploration of literature and history..
God bless the bards. There were centuries without radio or TV. The only entertainment came from the traveling tale tellers and singers. And what happens when a few "professionals" get together for a pint? They share their stories, swapping round verses and choruses, adding in more time relevant details. This goes on for CENTURIES!!!! Eventually some monk or over educated nobleman dips quill in ink... This explains the Norse sagas, the Arthur legends and the Robin Hood stories. There were originally a few kernels of fact in these tales, but those facts have become so over embroidered that we may never find the thread of Truth in them. Which is fine. Because humans love to tell stories.
Yeah
You right
ppl b4 TV and stuff...had to rely on listening to their Nearest and dearest
tho
Human Nature as it is...werent always Their Dearest either
Hence wars witch Trials of innocent women
Excellent.
My question: How are you sure of "a few kernels of truth"? Everything is subject to evidence.
Still happens though heavily changed by now haha, love that about it here in Ripon (where I was born and have just moved back to after nearly 20 years) actually is when the riot at St Mary's and the monks moving to form what was then called Fountains Abbey (there's a few others) certainly by 672 yeah....
I love these documentaries. Tony Robinson is great!
I love around 8:00, "jumping on the bandwagon 4 centuries after the event". Gotta love those Brits, in regards to the humor used here. I laughed anyway
That's humour if you're talking about Brits, eh?
No Name Yet - Yes; the English, they do have a way with English...
Sort of like Christianity. Jumping on the bandwagon three decades after the event.
All legends start with a central historical figure around which stories from other historical figures cluster and to which is added the fantasy of the balladeer in nearly all pre-literate societies.
Great upload. One can alwqays count on Tony Robinson to tell a story like this and do it justice. .
Ouch when i heard that dial-up tone about 2:30 in i felt old AF X-D
haha me to
Strewth it makes me feel even older as the ZX Spectrum and Amastrad CPC computers both sounded like that when loading code from cassettes
‘Mad Maggie, the Thatcher’ (pointing to crone thatching a hut) ... the only line I remember from Maid Marian and Her Merry Men 😂
Technically "Sherwood Forest" more accurately translates "Shirewood Forest" which was simply an area under forest law. It didn't have to refer to a specific forest.
lol yes it does shrewood forest
Sherwood forest could be a shire wood in any shire. The idea that it was located in Nottingham didn't come into the story until much later.
indeed. what is a sheriff but a shire-reeve. ive encountered sheriffs myself from time to time. none from Sherwood
Born in Yorkshire always know Robin was from Yorkshire he's buried on the Kirklees Priory Grounds. Every time we would pass my Dad would tell me you see that Pub The Three Nuns Robin Hoods buried behind it.
ive been there too ,id love to strip Nottingham of the money and make Yorkshire the 50 million the heritage fund gives to Nottingham
Is that pub still there.
He would of never of given to the poor if he was a Yorkshireman! They are so tight fisted they only ever breathe in!
I really enjoy all these historical investigations with Tony Robinson.
In 2016 we have the continuing Disnification of very old retold tales. My little grandson is shocked to hear any original grisly Grimm version of fairy tales alluded to on Nick Jr. :o ... originality is nothing if not derivative ;) ... part of a process ... and so we civilize ourselves by the ideals we uphold in our heroes ...
The uk is so beautiful . I love the story of Robin Hood.
That version of media player brings back memories.
just love Tony, when it comes to history, loved Graham Phillips comment killing people u don"t like lol
Robin Hood is super popular and well known in New England. In a town next to me in Massachusetts there is a neighborhood full of streets named after Robin Hood's story. There are names like Little John Circle, Friar Tuck Lane Nottingham Rd, Bounty St, Maid Marion St, and Sherwood Drive. I deliver pizza to those roads and as soon as I hear my next delivery is to a street name with an association with Robin Hood I know exactly where I will be going.
ummm
quite INTERESTING yr comment
You should buy yourself some green tights to work in.
Thanks for uploading this!
This was fantastic! Thanks so much for the great work. We should make the real film. Maid Matilda needs to be corrected.. 😊
I've learned a lot about this. It also reminds me of the old Sierra game Conquest of the Longbow. In the game, they made Matilda the Sheriff's wife... now I know where they got the same. :)
Nearly every person back then was an outlaw in their spare time, and there was bound to be a couple of Roberts and Robins knocking about the place. And today we have Hoodies, what a world, what a world.
"Squeeze human nature into the straitjacket of criminal justice and crime will appear." - Karl Kraus
Darby O'Gill, Robbin' hoodies(?)
Jim McNeil. No, being an outlaw was a legal status putting you outside the protection of the law which only applies to men. To be made an outlaw you had to fail to attend court on 3 consequetive times. However, as few poor people had any faith in the protection of the law they would flee the area and became outlaws. You could only have your outlaw status lifted by the court which put it on you, nor you get aid legally from the Church. As an outlaw anyone could maim or kill you without getting into trouble with the law.
”I have a cunning plan, my lord....”
Listening to this documentary in 2018 and he is searching "for the earliest versions" whilst his modem is screeching away..
I live only 15mls away from Sherwood Forest and The Major Oak, Robin Hoods hiding place. As a child I always loved playing in that forest believing I was Robin Hood and nothing will change my mind that the forest and Nottingham was where he came from in my mind! Im starting to believe Yorkshire has a vendetta against the East Midlands as they claim Hood belongs to them yet no everdence can prove this and they wanted to steal the remains found of King Richard 3rd from underneath a car park in Leicester as they claim he spent alot of his life in Yorkshire. What will Yorkshire try to steal next, the Bakewell Tart or the Melton Mowbery Pork Pie? lol.
Robin would of been around in the 1200s the great oak would have been a sapling doesn't fit
Amazing to hear the late Paul Darrow narrating the story.
37:05 "...or Robinson"
Tony Robinson is Robin Hood, thank me later lads.
Great series!
Honestly watching this, he's on his fourth 'another one" and I'm like 'STOOOP PLEASE¡'
Robin Hood = Herne = Cernunnos
The 80's ITV show Robin of Sherwood, made great pains to connect Robin of Loxley to Cernunnos. It seems the writer may have known what Tony begins to discover.
Mike Loades, the weapons expert and a damn good horseman, is the Sherrif of Nottingham in this.
He was not the messiah, just a naughty boy !
We all know he really lived because we've seen his descendant on The last of the Summer wine , because his ancestor was a Bristoe on his mothers side
Q: Why did Robin Hood steal from the rich?
A: Because the poor didn 't have anything worth stealing!
Well done, you got there in the end.
Philip Fry Did you see the Monty Python skit?
Philip Fry they had wives & daughters, but then Robin wasn’t a Viking or Moor.
poorer people have bigger tellies
Like Fry! Like Fry!
I'll show ye.
man on a mission in those days Sherwood Forest covered much of central England and into Wales
That's not quite correct, after the Norman conquests a '' Forrest'' was a legal term, and meant an area subject to special Royal laws designed to protect the valuable resources of timber and game within it's boundaries,
Records of the ''Sciryuda'' or ''forest of the shire'' are quite accurate, In the 1200's, thought to be the time of Robin Hood, Sherwood covered about 100,000 acres.
Read it here
www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-leisure/country-parks/sherwood-forest/history-of-sherwood-forest-robin-hood-and-major-oak
@@pjmbidge632000
Sadly, What is left of Sherwood Forest is only about 1000 acres. So much for progress.
LOL dial-up... Talk about history...
I really enjoyed this, unexpectedly so!
I've seen several that claimed he didn't even exist. But the Ballard's being in line with actual people and events is awesome
It's probably a fact that the Robin Hood legend is based on fiction
this a really great documentary, thank you 🙂
At 23:25 he mentions a "baldric".. Clever reference.. ;-)
A clever reference would be a cup of coffee made of mud and dandruff.
I just can't see why this needed to be investigated when there are all these photos of him.
"[This], I have to tell you, is a [B]aldrick..." heheh (around 23:22)
I nearly fell out of my chair when he said that!
That gear from that medieval survival expert looked like it came straight from the shop 🤣
The old ballads of Robin Hood has changed several times since the 13th century. Robin Hood took the basic shape of the particular generation that was representing him. Although some have said that these ballads could have been a reference to someone specific, there has never been any conclusive evidence that the man himself ever existed at all.
I’m a Robinson. I remember being around 6yrs old, and my much older cousin convinced me that we were related to Robin Hood. He was convincing. He said “we are Robinsons. Robin....sons? Sons of Robin? Duh” lol. Or, something to that effect 😂!
There are apparently records of a "Robert Hood" appearing in the court roles of Barnsdale in the time of Edward II and interestingly enough, when Edward II is returning from campaign in Scotland, he deliberately alters his journey to avoid Barnsdale "lest his hostages be taken from him."
Kidnapping a guest to eat a meal that creates an obligation: sounds like an iteration of "accepting food or drink from the fae."
Baldrick! 🤣🤣
cant believe it took me so long to realise this was Baldrick
I had to be told...
A good comedic actor who can put on a personable face for documentaries, kinda not surprising.
What's even funnier is that the Instrument next to the bow and arrow etched into the grave monument is called a baldrick which was Tony Robinson's character in most of the seasons of the Blackadder. Jason Roggasch thanx for remembering: "I have a cunning plan"
DaDamuse, no, that's gobaldiduke (I think that's how Baldrick said it.)
@@TheMimiSard A friend of mine met him some years ago (a bit of a fan) and said he is a complete dick.
Got my new shovel, who's with me to dig down under Robin's Gravestone to see if He's there...
We at least need a test trench...
I've got a hat and a jcb see you there 😂
"Lythe and listin, gentilmen, That be of frebore blode, I shale you tel of a gode yeman, His name was Roben Hode."
Who who whoms poetry tis that ...? I note the horse ...listen my children an you shall hear , bout the midnight ride I Paul revier!
1Klooch A Lyttell Geste of Robyn Hode ,I haven’t thought about that ballad on years.
That's "...midnight ride of Paul Revere." And there's a good bit of legend in that and it's only from 1775. "One if by land, two if by sea."
come, come, only so many poetry meters.
Good action tale to tell ‘round the fire.
love the music in this sets the scene perfectly
Ah, Nottingham; where I did my Ph.D., and drank in Ye Trip to Jerusalem, the oldest pub in England.
According to the historian Daniel Baldwin, the man who accurately predicted that Richard III was buried at the Greyfriar Monastery, said that the real Robin Hood was a man named Roger Godbeard. Prior to this man there was no ballads and tales. Only after his rebellion against the Sheriff of Nottingham did the stories come about. The name Robin Hood was nothing more than slang, "That robbing hood!", was typical of any thief in disguise usually under a hood.
The rotten and sleaze by the powers of the people that rule the land has not changed !!!😔😔 Great documentary many thanks 👍👍
Tony Robinson is a great popular historian. Good show.
Errol Flynn is the Real Robin
Very interesting, thanks for uploading.
Funny to hear the dial-up modem. High tech!
Nostalgia😜
imagine going on a mad mission in some woods tripping your nuts off with the crew and come across a medieval survival expert dressed up playing 14th century lol.
Another historical figure who helps make the British Isles an amazing place.
that google font and that dial up noise oh my so many memories from uni times 😁
My first introducion to Robin Hood was Disney's animated version. That's the only version I knew until high school.
I’m sure you have a cunning plan to get out of this one Baldrick.
A detail that will escape most people is this: He was a robber and he wore hood, his gang of robbers wore hoods to avoid being identified..they were the "robbing hoods". the truth lies in front of your noses too close to be seen!
Robin Hood is a poetic empirical description to tag a number of people.."He was a Robbing Hood!" to describe a peasant claiming from a lord what was he believes is his..hence the heroic quality of the idea.
Dial-up, baby!
Love the photos. The camera was invented in the 13th century.
You're silly. _Obviously_ anime was more realistic, back then!
@@Nmethyltransferase sure, sure, they had cameras in the 13th century, but they couldn't doctor the photos, the dial-up took CENTURIES !! On a merrier note, there was no fake news !!
Yeah. But only Black and White.
@JayoJay ha ha....thou couldst be bang on !!
According to Tommy Steel (hold it flash bang wallop) the camera was around at the time of Adam and Eve
A mixture of many characters, thieves, highway robbers, bandits, outlaws , etc stories of individuals that evolved into being about one mythical outlaw leader called Robin hood.
Ironically Tony Robinson played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Maid Marian. lol Also that comment "he robbed the rich and kept it" was pretty funny lol.
"...Intergalactic Robin Hoods?" It already exists. It's called Rocket Robin Hood.
I think maybe it started out as a slang for an outlaw because of a pun on "robin" = robber and hood was a name but also outlaws wore them for anonymity. Then from the slang came stories, maybe based on some of the real events mentioned here. But the name as a slang for an outlaw probably came first.
Ah... Dialup modem. Brings me back memories
Hahaha, dial-up internet!
It is a 20 year old documentary. That would be expected.
I remember reading in my magazine MEDIEVAL WARFARE
There was a guerrilla fighter called William of Cassingham. who fought against the French who were allied to the 1st Rebel Barons during the Barons war. This guerrilla leader was a commoner. He was nottied for his powers with a bow and his guerrilla force consisted of mostly archers. They actually burnt the French siege camp around Dover at one time. Some people think that the Robin Hood tales are based on the exploits of William Cassingham.
“ A certain youth, William by name, a fighter and a loyalist [to King John] who despised those who were not, gathered a vast number of archers in the forests and waste places [of the Kent and Sussex Weald], all of them men of the region, and all the time they attacked and disrupted the enemy, and as a result of their intense resistance many thousands of Frenchmen were slain. Roger of Wendover, Flores Historiarum, II. 182 (Rolls Series, London, 1887).
Seen this guy's story in that movie "Men in Tights". Covers almost everything!
Those photos though of Robin Hood are remarkable given the technology of the time - who knew?
Yes, they had traveling circumcizers (mohels) at the time. Jews were all expelled from England in 1290. "Special today! Half off!"
Mel Brooks :-)
I have a cunning plan ... we should send Sir Tony, back though history and ...
Robert Hood of Wakefield (ca. 1323) is probably the Robin Hood of the balads, but the original Robin Hood is: Robert Fitz Odo lived in Loxley, Warwickshire (ca. 1200), Robert Hode Yorkshir dales (ca. 1225), or Robert LeFevre aka Robin Hood southern England (ca. 1261).
Roger Godberd matches more intricate details than any other character and was a genuine outlaw ,whereas Wakefield Robin wasn't even technically made an outlaw etc.