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In Topic: Reading at t'moment?
18 September 2026 - 10:21 PM
I missed that Hawkings book was coming, sounds good. -
In Topic: Ye Big Movie thread
29 August 2026 - 02:21 PM
Fair enough.
I guess I just assumed from the description of 'Garfield is the leader of the rebellion' that he was, you know, the leader of the rebellion, but that's marketing for you. If he's not playing Tyler that makes the project a lot more palatable. -
In Topic: Ye Big Movie thread
27 August 2026 - 06:25 PM
QuickTidal, on 27 August 2026 - 04:36 PM, said:polishgenius, on 27 August 2026 - 04:20 PM, said:QuickTidal, on 27 August 2026 - 02:46 PM, said:polishgenius, on 27 August 2026 - 02:39 PM, said:I like Robin Hood stories but I think linking his legend to a real historical person and series of events that definitely had nothing to do with Robin Hood and the rise of that legend is a weird choice.
Except that's not true.
The Peasants Revolt (Wat Tyler's rebellion) of 1381 (thus after the Black Death and DURING the Hundred Years War) apparently DID originally inspire the Robin Hood legend...and it wasn't until said legend was rewritten in 1521 that the story was pushed back to take place in 1190's and involve the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart, Prince John, ect. to be more "romantic"
EDIT: I spoke to a historian buddy about it yesterday.
#TheMoreYouKnow
I can't really speak to what sources your friend has and I'm not a historian, but while his first known appearances being in the 1300s and it only being later pushed back is a known thing, I've never ever heard his origins linked to Wat Tyler- and a quick scan over wikipedia now tells me that the earliest known mentions of him- in passing but in a manner that says it was already a known story orally then- predates the Peasants Revolt.
I suppose it's plausible that at some point or another some details from that did get added to the legend, but nothing specific about Tyler and the revolt lines up with the tropes of Robin Hood, except that resistance to authority and societal injustice is involved.
I actually think it makes vastly more sense as an origin: Post-Black Plague trauma, and levies against the peasants for the Hundred Years War (they didn't ask for) by the king would be a much better push for someone to organize and rebel against the nobility/king than a noble coming back from the Crusades had his land grabbed by the Prince and Sheriff...so it works for me.
I don't mind it at all as an origin story and setting for Robin Hood. I'm just not sure about making him into Wat Tyler, specifically. -
In Topic: Ye Big Movie thread
27 August 2026 - 04:20 PM
QuickTidal, on 27 August 2026 - 02:46 PM, said:polishgenius, on 27 August 2026 - 02:39 PM, said:I like Robin Hood stories but I think linking his legend to a real historical person and series of events that definitely had nothing to do with Robin Hood and the rise of that legend is a weird choice.
Except that's not true.
The Peasants Revolt (Wat Tyler's rebellion) of 1381 (thus after the Black Death and DURING the Hundred Years War) apparently DID originally inspire the Robin Hood legend...and it wasn't until said legend was rewritten in 1521 that the story was pushed back to take place in 1190's and involve the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart, Prince John, ect. to be more "romantic"
EDIT: I spoke to a historian buddy about it yesterday.
#TheMoreYouKnow
I can't really speak to what sources your friend has and I'm not a historian, but while his first known appearances being in the 1300s and it only being later pushed back is a known thing, I've never ever heard his origins linked to Wat Tyler- and a quick scan over wikipedia now tells me that the earliest known mentions of him- in passing but in a manner that says it was already a known story orally then- predates the Peasants Revolt.
I suppose it's plausible that at some point or another some details from that did get added to the legend, but nothing specific about Tyler and the revolt lines up with the tropes of Robin Hood, except that resistance to authority and societal injustice is involved. -
In Topic: Ye Big Movie thread
27 August 2026 - 02:39 PM
I like Robin Hood stories but I think linking his legend to a real historical person and series of events that definitely had nothing to do with Robin Hood and the rise of that legend is a weird choice.
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