Episode 136: The Real Robin Hood
The History of English Podcast
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Robin Hood and the Potter
The oldest surviving Robin Hood story is called Robin Hood and the Monk. A short time later, a different Robin Hood story was also preserved in writing. Both of these poems were probably derived from ballads that were being sung at the time. The poem mentions the king in several passages, but the king is never identified.
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