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Robin Hood is a legendary English outlaw, known principally from ballads. The earliest of these ballads place him in Barnesdale, an area north of [[Doncaster]], but later ones in Sherwood forest in Nottinghamshire, with which he is mostly associated in modern folklore. If he ever existed, it may have been in the reigns of Edward I, Edward II or Edward III, but [[Walter Scott]] in his novel ''Ivanhoe'' placed him anachronistically in the time of Richard I.<ref>Drabble, M. ed. Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press. 1995</ref> | Robin Hood is a legendary English outlaw, known principally from ballads. The earliest of these ballads place him in Barnesdale, an area north of [[Doncaster]], but later ones in Sherwood forest in Nottinghamshire, with which he is mostly associated in modern folklore. If he ever existed, it may have been in the reigns of [[Edward I]], [[Edward II]] or [[Edward III]], but [[Walter Scott]] in his novel ''Ivanhoe'' placed him anachronistically in the time of Richard I.<ref>Drabble, M. ed. Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press. 1995</ref> | ||
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Robin Hood is a legendary English outlaw, known principally from ballads. The earliest of these ballads place him in Barnesdale, an area north of Doncaster, but later ones in Sherwood forest in Nottinghamshire, with which he is mostly associated in modern folklore. If he ever existed, it may have been in the reigns of Edward I, Edward II or Edward III, but Walter Scott in his novel Ivanhoe placed him anachronistically in the time of Richard I.[1]
- ↑ Drabble, M. ed. Oxford Companion to English Literature. Oxford University Press. 1995