{"id":17437,"date":"2022-08-21T12:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T10:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=214039"},"modified":"2022-08-21T13:10:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T11:10:07","slug":"robin-hood-everything-you-wanted-to-know","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/robin-hood-everything-you-wanted-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Robin Hood: everything you wanted to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 21 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>There are few better-known folktales than the story of a gentlemanly outlaw roaming the forest with his band of merry men, robbing the rich to give to the poor. But where did the legend of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/medieval\/robin-hood-real-myths-facts\/&quot;\">Robin Hood<\/a> come from? How come early versions of the story were much more grisly? And would the outlaw archer really have worn green tights? Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, Dr Sean McGlynn answers listener questions on Robin Hood for our latest Everything you wanted to know episode.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Read more | <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/medieval\/robin-hood-three-films-outlaw-kevin-costner-prince-thieves-adventures-errol-flynn-basil-rathbone\/&quot;\">What\u2019s the most \u2018accurate\u2019 Robin Hood film?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-214039-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/RobinhoodEv-34b2abc.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/RobinhoodEv-34b2abc.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/08\/RobinhoodEv-34b2abc.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Sean McGlynn is the author of <em>Robin Hood: A True Legend<\/em> (2018). <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Robin-Hood-Legend-Sean-McGlynn-ebook\/dp\/B07KKJRKSW?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Sunday, 21 August 2022 at 12:00 am There are few better-known folktales than the story of a gentlemanly outlaw roaming the forest with his band of merry men, robbing the rich to give to the poor. But where did the legend of Robin Hood come from? 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