Episode #49- Was There a Real Robin Hood? (Part I)
Our Fake History
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Robin Hood - A Real Person?
More serious scholars than the sun newspaper and your favorite wise guy podcaster have taken up the question of whether not there was a real person at the heart of this famous legend. In 18 85, something called the dictionary of national biography was published in britain. Its goal was to be the foremost encyclopaedia of every notable person in british history. So it was sir sidney lee's contention that robin hood was originally the anglo saxon forest elf named hodekin. Oshakespeare fans might recognize that second name as the proper name for the spirit puck in a midsummer night's dream.
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