[[Image:Robin Hood and the Lady.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''Robin Hood and the Lady'', by Walter Crane]]
[[Image:Robin Hood and the Lady.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''Robin Hood and the Lady'', by Walter Crane]]
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'''Robin Hood''' is a medieval [[English]] [[folk hero]]. He is first mentioned in the thirteenth century,<ref>http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/rh/rhlitbib.htm</ref> though historians are divided as to whether he actually existed or not. It is likely that the legends are based around the actions of more than one medieval outlaw which would explain why it is difficult to assign Robin to one specific era. Dates given range from the time of King John in the twelfth century, to that of [[King Edward II]] in the fourteenth.
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'''Robin Hood''' was a medieval [[English]] [[folk hero]] who supposedly existed between 1100-1450 within the counties of [[Yorkshire]] and [[Nottinghamshire]], leading a band of outlaws against the Sheriff of Nottingham in ballads, stories and most recently in film for more than 600 years.
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Despite this uncertainty, he has led his band of outlaws against the Sheriff of Nottingham in ballads, stories and most recently in film for more than 600 years.
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Historians are divided in their opinion as to whether he actually existed or not, or if so, in which century, though he is first mentioned in the thirteenth century <ref>http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/rh/rhlitbib.htm</ref>. It is likely that the legends are based around the actions of more than one medieval outlaw which would explain why it is difficult to assign Robin to one specific era. Dates given range from the time of King John in the twelfth century, to that of [[King Edward II]] in the fourteenth.