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From: "Chris Phillips" < >
Subject: Re: Who was Robin Hood?
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:44:35 +0100
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Merilyn Pedrick wrote:
> Last night on the ABC there was a programme about Robin Hood and his
origins
> It was hosted by Tony Robinson, who in a previous life had played
Baldric
> in something starring John Cleese I think.
> There were several contenders, including one Fulk Fitz Warine. I'm
> wondering which of the succession of that name I have in my database.
Given
> the timing, it would seem to be the one born about 1142, died 1198 whose
> wife was Hawise de Dinan.
> Can anyone cast any light on this?
This program was shown in the UK some time ago, and was pretty poor, I
thought.
Part of it was based on a book by Graham Phillips, who describes himself on
his website as "a real-life Indiana Jones", and who has also written books
on the Holy Grail, King Arthur, psychic detection and so on.
The work of J. C. Holt (Robin Hood, 1982, rev. 1989) is much more scholarly.
Holt suggested that the romance of Fulk fitz Warin might have been one
element that contributed to the legend of Robin Hood. The Fulk in question
is the son of the one you mentioned, and died 1256-7.
Holt also discusses candidates for the historical Robin Hood at some length.
Another person who has done more recent work on this (which I haven't seen)
is David Crook.
Chris Phillips
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