Lynda

There was something on Discover (I think but it could have been the History
channel), one of those short clips about stuff that is coming up, about a
new discovery/find that has to do with that whole era and authenticating
something or another--Robin Hood or King Arthur, etc. At any rate, they
(the voice behind the clip) said that something that had been considered
mostly a myth had now been authenticated.

You might check the web for listenings.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Ferguson" <crma@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Herd Instinct


>
>
> Betsy Hill wrote:
> >
> > Bending this off in another direction, we were watching Robin Hood
> > this week. (The one w. Errol Flynn.) To me, Robin Hood is just about
> > the most inspiring character in all of English literature. How much
> > of the tales about Robin Hood are true?
> >
>
> Very little! There is some documentation for a Robin of Locksley (don't
> know how to spell it). Richard is usually made out to be a better
> king than he is while John is made out to be a worse king than he was.
>
> Richard basically viewed England as a treasury to finance his various
> wars in France and other places. John genuinely did care for England
> but he was a very bad king who ended up losing most of his family's
> French posessions. Henry II (their father) held more of France
> in vassalage than the King of France did! They were a fascinating
> family - I read Alison Weir's biography _Eleanor of Aquitaine_ recently.
> No mention of a Robin Hood there.
>
> The common people were treated horribly by the nobility so he is
> probably as historic as Arthur is!
>
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> Cindy Ferguson
> crma@...
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Betsy Hill

>There was something on Discover (I think but it could have been the
History
>channel), one of those short clips about stuff that is coming up, about a
>new discovery/find that has to do with that whole era and authenticating
>something or another--Robin Hood or King Arthur, etc. At any rate, they
>(the voice behind the clip) said that something that had been considered
>mostly a myth had now been authenticated.

Thanks!

Last night my son pulled out a book we have from DK Eyewitness Classics,
which is their Robin Hood version (simple) with historical notes in the
margin. (It was right here all along, I just didn't think of it.)

I haven't read the inserts and sidebars yet as ds always wants to stick to
the story w/o digression.

Betsy