Earliest reference to Robin Hood found, monk is negative about him

[UTUSN]

If it had been about Hugo CHAVEZ, the Huguito groupies here at DU would say, "Well, yeah, you're citing a wingnut, Fascist MONK as a source!1 Probably CIA funded!1"




http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=Luxford+Robin+Hood&src=IE-SearchBox
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A freshly-discovered document highlighting negative attitudes towards Robin Hood has been deciphered by an academic at the University of St Andrews.

http://www.physorg.com/news156178681.html

Feared by the bad, loved by the good? Scientists discover previously unknown document on Robin Hood

.... Dr Julian Luxford from the University's School of Art History found the reference to the legendary figure in an inscription from around 1460 which appears in an English manuscript owned by Eton College.

Dr Luxford, an expert in medieval manuscript studies, explained, "The new find contains a uniquely negative assessment of the outlaw, and provides rare evidence for monastic attitudes towards him." ....

Dr Luxford continued, "The new find places Robin Hood in Edward I's reign, thus supporting the belief that his legend is of thirteenth century origin."

A translation of the short inscription, which contains only 23 words in Latin, reads, "Around this time, according to popular opinion, a certain outlaw named Robin Hood, with his accomplices, infested Sherwood and other law-abiding areas of England with continuous robberies." ....

The discovery has been written up as an article which will be published later this month in the Journal of Medieval History. ....

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[supernova]

1. Cool!

Thanks for the find.

It doesn't surprise me that the Church wouldn't approve, though?

If it was Edward I's time, I wonder if setting it during Richard I's time was a way to cover up the stories as "satire?"

[Jamastiene]

2. Well, yeah, you're citing a wingnut, Fascist MONK as a source!1!(elevens)!

:P

Love live Robin Hood anyhow!

[UTUSN]

3. BWA-ha-HAH!1 Somebody please alert Judi Lynn!1 n/t

[applegrove]

4. I love mysteries like this. Can't wait to read more. I'm sure it will make the newspapers.