Was Robin Hood A Real Man In The Middle Ages? | Fact Or Fiction | Chronicle
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 28. 09. 2021
- There are few legends more famous than that of Robin Hood, the dispossessed nobleman hiding out in Sherwood Forest at the time of Richard the Lionheart. From Shropshire to Nottingham, join Tony Robinson on his quest to uncover the fact behind the fiction. Did Robin actually exist? What was he really like? Did he steal from the rich to give to the poor? Let's find out.
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Even if Robin Hood didn't exist, he still makes for a great story.
That is so true. Many movies and books have been made after him even if he wasnt a living breathing person. More likely hes the make up from many people or stories and made into one.
I haven't even watched this yet. But checkout William of Cassingham.. Thats your robbin hood
Yeah until libtards find some way to be offended by it
What exactly is his story
@@I.KUchiha William of Cassingham is Robin Hood. He lived in the forests of Kent, he was a famed archer.. And he's known for fighting back a French invasion.. Look him up
I live near Sherwood Forest. Legit saw him and Maid Marion walking into Maccadees one Sunday morning.
Chuckleđ
I was at that fancy dress party as well. I loved the guy who dressed up as Sherwood forest in full camo
All legends have scraps of history in them; wouldnât it be lovely to be able to go back in time to find out the true story?
People smelled terrible due to the fact they had no washing or laundry, no toilets or plumbing, living conditions would be horrible compared to todayâŠ.me thinks you wouldnât last a whole dayâŠI wouldnât either peyew
I bet he was really a vicious thug
@@nasticanasta Yes, they did do laundry, did bathe, even cleaned their teeth. Some also had a form of outhouse.
@@nasticanastanone of what you just said is true lol
Was anyone else hoping for Rowan Atkinson walking up behind Tony R. / Baldrick dressed as Blackadder I and then asking him, if he has a cunning plan? đ
Omg, that dial-up sound â€ïž
Would have fallen to pieces if tony just strolled in, said "no, he didn't" and went to the pub for 48 minutes đ
Idk, I think I would have still watched it
Ha!
The music and background effects in this one seem to overpower the narrator
I think Robin Hood will always be a relevant story, real or not. Especially these days with the gap growing between the rich and poor.
Today is the worst the gap has ever been.
It's funny how the rich always say they worked so hard for their money and pulled themselves up by the boot straps but most of them never even owned a pair of boots let alone worked hard for longer than a few short years before they started ripping off their workers for their labor value.
@@Xparkman30 many cheated thru college too
Rarely we see any robin hood like people anymore
@@Xparkman30 because itâs just a saying. Most big money jobs arenât in fields requiring boots. Most big money jobs are tech related. Donât be mad they created their own jobs. You should try the same.
âSorry, but a toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll, and if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls.â - Little John
Wonderful work. Please adjust the music to be lower than the voice tracks. Thank you.
They made movies about it. That means he was real.
There are movies of arthur, we aren't really sure if he was real.
@@pahanjayasooriya2513 it was a joke
Great point. Well said, exactly what I've always said,
500 years from now, people will be asking the question: was Ironman real? Or was he a comic book character?
I have no idea why but goddamn, do I love how intense the intro with tony always is
I don't know if Robin Hood really existed or not. But it was great to see Richard Greene again. As a kid I really enjoyed the Adventures of Robin Hood and of course its theme song.
@ Wellington's Boots... all the Richard Greene 's episodes are here on CZcams đđđ
I preferred Robin of Sherwood myself.
Windows XP and dial-up....ahhh good times.
I love this channel. And history. Glad I'm not only history nerd lol
I can't hear it over the blaring background music...
IKR!!!đ€Łđ
Always the bloody music, it's an addiction!!!
This was really good
Real or not, my favorite Hero!
Greets from the Netherlands, T.
"My name is Little John, but don't let my name fool you; in real life I'm very big."
âOh Master Robin! You lost your arms in battle! But you grew some nice boobs.â
Perhaps and those archery and marks person skills were duly noted yeah
Thank you Tony son of Robin...This is the beauty of old stories...blending facts with fiction....
Whoever was in charge of the sound editing on this needs to get better control of their impulses.
he really committed to the chaos đ
24:48 âa knife to kill people withâ đ
Ahh Robin Hood. Easily my favorite legendary figure. A version of Robin Hood was the first book I read on my own, and I've read or watched many, many more since.
Funny seeing him doing this. I used to love Maid Marion and Her Merry Men đ€Ł
Every legend is born of a real act.
King John's tyranny is just as legendary as the tale of Robin Hood.
Besides,I rather enjoy the idea that Robin was a very man,a man of and for his people.
Tough to say what's legend and what's fact after all this time, but to quote one of my favorite Westerns- "Print the legend".
Woah this channel is growing fast, there were only like 100 subs when I subscribed.
400 pounds in AD
1200 is about 300000 pounds in today's money
Your comment needs some work
@@nmcgunagle According to the UK national archives website calculator, 400 pounds in 1270 ( in 2017 pounds) is "worth approximately " 291,930.56 ÂŁ. According to the bank of England archive website calculator 400 pounds in 1209 is 833,115.09ÂŁ (2020 pounds), using a .9% inflation index. I feel that is possibly inaccurate due to the inconsistency of inflation over time, e.g., the 400 pounds in 1340 was worth about the same as in 1270, as per the UK national archive. However, using the idea that a medieval pound of silver was the equivalent of a pound of currency, 400 pounds would be worth 75,600ÂŁ , based on the current value of silver at @189ÂŁ per pound weight. I'm sure there are other sources and methods of calculating based on cost of living, price indices, wages, plague,famine, or other economic factors. Regardless, a significant sum.
@@brendanmcdonough8964 But surely the real question is how much ale would it by.
Every legend has a base of historical events. I don't know if we will ever discover who the real Robin Hood was, the truth is that the Robin Hood story is a great story.
Love this video!!! Excellent commentary from Tony Robison. Love to see more videos with him as commentator. Thank you for sharing this with us.
We †Tony
Brilliant. Excellent. Very very good!
Good Lord! When was this made? đ dial up? Engaging as always.
2003, I think.
The pictures of Robert and Robin Hood are of a good quality cameras considering it's from the 13 hundred đ€·ââïžđââïžđđ
I can't imagine what it's like to live life in a country that is so replete with history and legend. 200, 500, a thousand or more years ago...England is covered in it. Every town, every road, every waterway has major significance.
Tony robinson is such a joy to watch
Makes you actually feel your there with him
The name probably originated from its cultural association to outlaws, as hinted at in the documentary, but once it was established as meaning "an outlaw" the legend of the person of Robin Hood would evolve from the stories of previous and future people with a similar name.
In other words, Robin Hood is a cultural symbol whose stories are rooted in the histories of real people who others associatd with that symbol.
I love the scientific way this was researched, even though it isn't real at all.
No one knows
What a great story!
Robin Hood is great because itâs a moral story
Omg that dial up noise in the beginning of the show i felt like i was 9 or 10 again
lmao the dialup sounds at 2:48. haven't heard that in fifteen years probably
I am quite surprised this didnât cover the Green Man.
I'm curious if the crusades that were being referred to was the "Reconquista" that was also under the title of the crusades and a holy war. It was from 1183 to 1492 which falls into the timeline perfectly
Did this Tony Robinson get his knighthood for that Children's TV show about Robin hood? Makes sense. That's some fine work there. Shakespeare right? Ya, I could tell by the accents. Makes me appreciate the Queen and your whole parliamentary system for that one decision a little more now. Keep it up
Is there any historical evidence for Robinâs friend Blinkin?
Robinhood is a Legend
He is real. It has been documented and he did give to the poor. He did help families as he knew how it felt to go without food. This was documented and witnessed by others and when the sheriff found out what and why Rob was doing, it angered his cold heart. This is all documented in real historical documents. If people were always willing to help Robin plus Maiden Marian married Robin, he definitely was a good person to ones in the most need of mercy. I honestly don't like when people try to trash good real Heroes of our past and real Heroes of today. God Bless Robin Hood and all his helpers to feed and give to the poor. All he had in the end was an arrow to mark where he wanted to be buried.
I wish the voice audio was louder.
There should have been a Black adder/Robin hood series!
Rik Mayall played Robin Hood as an ancestor of Flashheart in "Blackadder Back and Forth."
Used to love watching the Robin Hood he was in as a youngster after school
Maid Marian and her Merry Men!
@@adamdavis4346 THATS IT.....cheers mate.
Was hilarious. Am gonna look it up and show hubbz. Bet he remembers it aswell
All these legends started in truth
This vid has been on CZcams for years!
I was just thinking about this
The kind of documentary that might inspire many a young viewer to be a drummer for documentary soundtracks.
What a strange thing to say
Wow! Such amazing pictures of the suspected Robins. Howâd they get those some 5+ centuries before the camera was invented
You should check out The Hazelwood castle Yorkshire England
@@dougmaupin4745 why?
It has a lot of history surrounding it But they also claim The man that lived there Fritz Fitz Hazelwood vavasor. Supposedly A picture that hangs in The castle Would be the lady made Marion in the stories I was trying to do family research when I Found The Hazelwood castle
Imagine what this guy Robert Hood would have thought 700 years ago if he knew people would be talking about him on some tv show
If you want to hear the art of story telling at its finest, the archer in this video, Kevin Hicks, has a channel called "History Squad". He recounts mostly English history, with the ability to captivate and hold you on his every word. It's a fun experience and great for kids to learn with.
Letâs go brandon đŠđŠđŠ
I don't believe Robin Hood existed but I truly love Tony's historical content on all of this.
Suggested reading - a novel about the REAL Sheriff of Nottingham, Philip Mark.
After reading 'The Sheriff of Nottingham' by Richard Kluger, I am disappointed it doesn't get mentioned in discussions of Robin Hood. As of this posting, over 50 available on Amazon for under $10.
From Good Reads:
'He [the sheriff] remains to this day, fed by Hollywood versions of the legend, the hateful, impotent foil to that celebrated bowman, Robin Hood. Now, with his novel, The Sheriff of Nottingham, Richard Kluger turns the timeless tale on its head in a vivid, compassionate narrative based upon authentic and quite startling history.
Here are dark intrigue and adroit statecraft, hand-to-hand combat and sharp wits in collision, an avaricious ruler attempting to seduce his sheriffâs wife on Christmas night, and the hatching of the Magna Carta itself at Nottingham Castle one fine September eve in 1213 (along with the reasons why Philip Mark is specifically mentioned in that immortal document).'
DID I JUST HEARD A 56K MODEM CONNECT? Around 2:45
We have photos of the suspects so he must be real...
Today he's be Robin Hoodie.
Music so loud at times some things can't be heard.
That dial up soundâŠđ
I think Erol Flynn looks more like Robin Hood than Robin Hood does.
Reminds me alot about the princess bride.
The legend is the story told about who has the name.
Tony Robinson.....GAG.
Even if its not true ,its nice fairy tale,nice legend
And I like the man who tells about it
and another documentary
Time team
Was that a dial up connection?
A recent hypnotic investigation into Robin Hood suggests that much of the tale is true and that the man was in fact a poor tanner. See The Hypno-Archaeologist by Philip Ditchfield.
Tony Robinson is so gangsta
this documentary is hard to follow
47:22 Why?
Ya, ya he existed. He hung out at Grey Friar's pub with Napoleon and his nephew Gregg. Wait, that was a hallucination...
Enjoyed up until the last two minutes.
Yes he does
Keep the background music down please can't hear the narrator.
The idea of a gay Robin Hood is explored in the comic book series Merry Men.
I heard baldrick was the shadows horse
Yes. This is a story of truth. Buried from History by the then ruler's of the time
Baldric!
The music was way too high.
In three days?
Why is this man walking so hard in the intro?
Music is very loud.
His name was just a medieval shorthand for a robber a thief. Robin was a very common name back then ( abv of Robert ), or may even be an abbreviation of the word robbing in this case. Thoughout history thieves and muggers wear a hood or mask to hide their face. Also found in words like hoodlum, and of course in American Culture Gansters hang outs are called " the hood"
He gave to the poor knight.
So Edward the comely king was Edward II some time well before his hot date with the blacksmithâŠ.
Is that boldrick?
Yes hence the baldrick joke about halfway through.
Robin Hood of the Ballads say King was Edward.. a Prioress of Kirkly..here we go.. a Prioress is a woman in charge of nuns.. and Kirkly in 1400s England during reign of King Edward means "Church Fields".. later on, that place Kirkly was renamed the Benefice of Lower Wensleydale.. there are 6 churches there that make a face.. Look at St. Marys Church.. just about 350 yards east is Hornby Castle.. Home of the Conyers at one time.. Sir John Conyers Jr was the Robin Hood of the Ballads aka Robin of Redesdale.. just not the first to use name... he was leader of the York Knights.. Sir Robert Hulderne was Robin of Holderness..he was Captain of the York Rebels.. there is only one record of a man using name Friar Tuck in 1417 and 1429.. Sir John Conyers was in mid 20s age when he met Friar Tuck age mid 50s : ) .......................
I thought Richard the lion heart died in France, on his way back from the crusade? What happened to him?
My understanding is Richard nearly bankrupted England with his Crusade, and that Bad King John ended up doing a decent job ruling.
Richard made it back to England in 1194 then went back to France to re take the lands he lost away on crusade he did of an infection he got from a arrow wound in 1199
There must have been a real character the legends were based on I think it was the first or second because of his favorite weapon. I think "THE" Longbow appeared AFTER Edwatd I invaded Wales as it was an established favorite weapon THERE.
Isn't there already an intergalactic Robin Hood (Rocket Robin Hood)? Then again, I can appreciate the desire to pretend that never existed, so never mind!
I don't care who plays the part no one is going to beat Russell Crowe's performance.
Some people just can't obey grammar. Some comments make no sense at all.
Robbin hood is William of Cassingham
Robin Hood is no one person. I think "Robin Hood" comes from "a robbing hood". For example .... Bill: Why are you late arriving to market? Jim: We were held up by a robbing hood! "Robbing" became "Robin" as English speakers are too lazy to pronounce the g. Based on this, I surmise there were thousands of Robbing Hoods ... or Robin Hoods ... throughout England long before any of them were chronicled in prose. Robin Hood is not one person. Robin Hood is many people.
While I liked this documentary, the real Robin Hood was actually Roger Godberd.
what in the actual f*ck?..did i actually hear him on dial-up??...lol. i thought i was hearing things
Lol yep!
@@brettstuart6887 i wonder what baud rate he's running...lol
@@uninspired3681 must be using an ancient modem he unearthed on an episode of Time Team.
@@brettstuart6887 hahaha...maybe thats why i suck at call of duty??...speed kills you know