# Was there really a Robin Hood?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [January 21, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-a-robin-hood/647915 "2013-01-21T16:48:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lorenc7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lorenc7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenc7)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-really-a-robin-hood/647915/1 "2013-01-21T16:48:10Z")

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The Straight Dope email highlights columns from the archive and one of the recent messages recalled the column “Was there really a Robin Hood?” ([Was there really a Robin Hood? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/887/was-there-really-a-robin-hood)).

I think [relatively] recent research has made it easier to believe the late 11th century timeframe and the setting that Stephen R. Lawhead takes as his starting point for the King Raven trilogy ([King Raven Trilogy - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Raven_Trilogy)). Perhaps the fabulous Cecil or the smart teeming millions of this board can point to some real research instead of my vague recollections of some articles from BritHist.

BTW, I highly recommend the King Raven trilogy.