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Episode 136: The Real Robin Hood

The History of English Podcast

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The History of Robin Hood

The oldest surviving Robin Hood ballad was written down and preserved for history. It's found in a manuscript that's been dated to the mid 1400s, but it gives us an early look at Robin Hood and Little John. By this point even petitions to Parliament were making reference to Robin Hood.

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