Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English
folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According
to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some
versions of the legend, he is depicted as being of noble birth, and in
modern retellings he is sometimes depicted as having fought in the
Crusades before returning to England to find his lands taken by the
Sheriff. In the oldest known versions he is instead a member of the
yeoman class. Traditionally depicted dressed in Lincoln green, he is
said to have robbed from the rich and given to the poor.Through
retellings, additions, and variations, a body of familiar characters
associated with Robin Hood has been created. These include his lover,
Maid Marian, his band of outlaws, the Merry Men, and his chief
opponent, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The Sheriff is often depicted as
assisting Prince John in usurping the rightful but absent King
Richard, to whom Robin Hood remains loyal. His partisanship of the
common people and his hostility to the Sheriff of Nottingham are early
recorded features of the legend, but his interest in the rightfulness
of the king is not, and neither is his setting in the reign of Richard
I. He became a popular folk figure in the Late Middle Ages, and the
earliest known ballads featuring him are from the 15th century
(1400s). Robin Hood Top Movies & Young Movies