tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post158693196657291349..comments2024-03-24T09:34:41.597-07:00Comments on Walt Disney's Story Of Robin Hood: Was William Wallace the real Robin Hood ?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-709229958014259132011-02-02T08:40:25.141-08:002011-02-02T08:40:25.141-08:00Greetings :)
What was the top and most terrible...Greetings :) <br /> <br />What was the top and most terrible movie of the year 2010 in your oppinion? In my view it might have to be: <br /> <br />Greatest: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One <br /> <br />Worst: A Nightmare on Elm Street <br /> <br /> <br />With thanks :) <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-72612518103699264532011-01-14T02:19:17.153-08:002011-01-14T02:19:17.153-08:00I just want to say Hi to Everyone!I just want to say Hi to Everyone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-16256834401544879962011-01-12T09:01:53.302-08:002011-01-12T09:01:53.302-08:00That's an interesting idea, two Robin Hood'...That's an interesting idea, two Robin Hood's, Avalon. Well, there are many of them in the records, we just have to find the guy that sparked the legend, which ain't easy!!<br /><br />Welcome Paula!<br />Yes, there are comparisons all the time with medieval outlaws and Robin Hood. Trouble is out of the hundreds that were known to our ancestors only Robin remains popular in modern times. But all had very similar stories told about them and familiar characteristics.<br /> <br />Very little is known about Wallace's early life. It is once again legend and those medieval ballads that supply us with the name Marion Braidefoot as his wife. So as always we have to be careful.Clement Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116966238223089211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-1944802118902765062011-01-11T11:08:43.981-08:002011-01-11T11:08:43.981-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paula Loftinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138899684247746388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-44328304435468037242011-01-11T11:06:46.848-08:002011-01-11T11:06:46.848-08:00Hi Clement,
I have read of this comparison before ...Hi Clement,<br />I have read of this comparison before in a book i once had about William Wallace (cannot remember the name of the author). His wife was Marion Braidfoote, daughter of a Norman lord, i do believe.Paula Loftinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138899684247746388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-23591327234559730602011-01-11T07:43:43.019-08:002011-01-11T07:43:43.019-08:00Maybe this guy just imitated the original Robin Ho...Maybe this guy just imitated the original Robin Hood....Why not? People have did this all through history.<br /><br />But in my opinion, I believe their were two Robin Hoods (maybe grandfather and grandson) before the 13th century.Avalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722166722435492840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-71906110368809380072011-01-11T07:32:30.117-08:002011-01-11T07:32:30.117-08:00Many thanks for your comments Albie!
The medieval ...Many thanks for your comments Albie!<br />The medieval minstrels used popular themes in their stories, rather like the soap opera writers of today. The audiences of the middle ages seemed to thoroughly enjoy stories of concealment and trickery. Fulk Fitzwarin disguises himself as an old monk, a merchant and a charcoal burner. Hereward is disguised as a potter and a fisherman. Eustace the Monk wears the clothes of a potter, shepherd, pilgrim, charcoal burner, woman, leper, carpenter and minstrel. William Wallace became a potter, pilgrim a woman (twice) and a beggar. Robin Hood dressed up as a potter, butcher, beggar, shepherd, old woman, fisherman, Guy of Gisborne etc. <br /><br />These became the stock-in-trade tales of those early entertainers. The tale of the Saxon outlaw known as Hereward and the Potter is almost identical to the ballad ‘Robin Hood and the Potter.’ The only difference is that William the Conqueror has become the Sheriff of Nottingham. This story-line also appears in the 13th Century ballad of ‘Eustace the Monk’ (c.1170-1217) who also flourished during the reign of King John. Eustace lives in the forest with a band of men and through many disguises the outlaw manages to trick and ridicule the Count of Bologne and lure him into the forest, where he is ambushed but eventually freed. Victims are brought to Eustace’s camp and asked how much they carry. If they tell the truth they are allowed to keep it, if not the outlaws keep the difference. Sound familiar?<br /><br />Always in these outlaw legends the champion of justice is the master outlaw. In the ‘Tale of Gamelyn,’ probably written about the middle of the fourteenth century we have the familiar outlaw code that they will only harm rich abbots and monks, not the poor.<br /><br />So it is impossible to work out from this mixed bag what is original; and shows why it is so hard to pin Robin Hood down to a historical setting. But what I can say is that the recent discovery of the surname ‘Robehod’ in a memorandum roll of 1261/2 points to the tantalising fact that the legend of the English outlaw was already popular well before Wallace had started his campaigns against the English!Clement Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116966238223089211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-39845088433351081862011-01-10T13:38:52.731-08:002011-01-10T13:38:52.731-08:00May have been some influence but not the real Robi...May have been some influence but not the real Robin. There are many figures throughout the medieval era that could have been or added to the stories and ballads of Robin Hood. As most of the stories centre on Sherwood and the Barnsdale area a few miles to the north it is unlikely that Wallace was 'Robin'.<br /><br />A figure that seems to have both Robin Hood associations and with King Arthur, was Hereward the Wake who was existent during the Norman Conquest some 130 years before the era that Robin stories now seem to favour. This is just my theory that he may have had some of his exploits transferred to the Robin Hood legend so please feel free to shoot this down... ;o)Albienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553543872920431955.post-44012921299944098062011-01-10T10:10:20.075-08:002011-01-10T10:10:20.075-08:00Was William Wallace the real Robin Hood ?Was William Wallace the real Robin Hood ?Clement Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14116966238223089211noreply@blogger.com