Image caption, An illustration of Robin Hood and his merry men at work from around 1400 ... gentlemanly rogue who once rode his horse, Black Bess, from London to York in just one day.

The story goes that Robin Hood was a talented outlaw archer who robbed from the rich. As the story was passed down and retold it grew. He gave to the poor, he had a band of merry men, he loved the ...