“… historians largely agree that there was no single, living person behind the character [Robin Hood], just a vastly unequal society of wealthy landowners and impoverished peasants that inspired his creation.”
Everything old is new again.
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Robin Hood began as an oral tradition in the 12th Century before morphing into a heroic, family-friendly stereotype – here's how new takes are restoring his dark side.