Robin Hood

Dan Snow's History Hit

History Hit

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Robin Hood is one of the most famous legends of British history, but did he exist and if so who was he? Gareth Morgan, Learning Development Officer at Nottingham Castle, is just the man to help separate fact from fiction when it comes to this archetypal hero who robbed the rich to give to the poor. Gareth helps Dan discover some of the real-life figures which might have inspired Robin, what the story means both now and then and why it still remains so popular. They also talk about Robin's home Sherwood Forest, which may not be quite what many imagine it to be, and the newly renovated Nottingham Castle home of Robin's arch-nemesis the Sheriff of Nottingham.

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0:00.0	Hello,
0:00.6	folks, Dan Snow here.
0:01.6	I am throwing a party to celebrate 10 years of Dan Snow's history hit.
0:06.1	I'd love for you to be there.
0:07.5	Join me for a very special live recording of the podcast in London,
0:10.4	in England on the 12th of September to celebrate the 10 years.
0:14.1	You can find out more about it and get tickets with the link in the show notes.
0:17.6	Look forward to seeing you there.
0:30.6	Hi, everyone. Welcome to Dan Snow's history. Robin Hood. Robin Hood. One of the most famous legends of English history. Did he exist? Who was he? Did he take the form of a fox to try and outsmart
0:40.4	the feline sheriff of Nottingham? Or did he have such a bad sense of geography like Kevin
0:46.3	Kossner, who landed at the Whitecliffe's Nova, landed on the south coast of England,
0:50.0	and suggested walking inland and being in Nottingham by nightfall.
0:55.8	Well, we're about to find out, folks.
0:58.9	This episode is all about the legend of Robin Hood.
0:59.9	Who was he?
1:01.0	Did he exist?
1:02.1	What does it mean?
1:04.0	And why is it so enduringly popular?
1:05.9	I'm joined by Gareth Morgan.
1:10.5	Gareth Morgan should know because he is the Learning Development Officer at Nottingham Castle. So the HQ of
1:13.1	of the Sheriff of Nottingham. He's born and raised in Nottingham. He knows everything there is to know
1:17.5	about Sherwood Forest, the Sheriff and Robin Hood. It's a great pleasure having them in the pot.
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