-Caveat Lector-
``The green wood itself is a symbol of virility and the references to
arrows,
quivers and swords make it clear too,'' he told The Sunday Times.
***This reasoning is a bit of a stretch. Sherwood Forest WAS green and
arrows, quivers and swords WERE the weapons of choice at that time.
Hilary
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> From: Das GOAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [CTRL] Robin Hood "Outed"
> Date: Monday, July 12, 1999 2:33 PM
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> And so, I suppose, was young King Arthur, Merlin's -uh- protege ?
>
>
> Robin Hood was gay, preferred ``merrie men'' - study
>
> By Paul Majendie
>
> LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - England's legendary outlaw Robin Hood was
gay,
> preferring his ``merrie men'' to Maid Marian, a leading English
literature
> professor said on Sunday.
>
> The reassessment of one of Britain's greatest folk heroes was greeted by
gay
> activists as a welcome -- if belated -- 'outing'. But the Robin Hood
Society
> said the claims were damaging to one of the great role models for today's
> children.
>
> Stephen Knight, professor of English literature at Cardiff University,
> decided Robin Hood was gay after studying 14th century ballads that are
the
> earliest known accounts of his deeds.
>
> ``The ballads could not say outright that he was gay because of the
> prevailing moral climate, but they do contain a great deal of erotic
> imagery,'' he said.
>
> ``The green wood itself is a symbol of virility and the references to
arrows,
> quivers and swords make it clear too,'' he told The Sunday Times.
>
> He said the ballads showed that Maid Marian -- always described as Robin
> Hood's true love -- never existed.
>
> Knight thinks her name was added by 16th-century authors who wanted the
tale
> of the outlaw who robbed from the rich to give to the poor to be more
> respectable to heterosexual readers.
>
> His theory won backing from Barry Dobson, professor of medieval history
at
> the University of Cambridge.
>
> ``In the 12th century, homosexuality was accepted, but in the 13th the
church
> became much less tolerant and such people were driven underground,'' he
said.
>
> Robin Hood has always been portrayed as a swashbuckling aristocrat who
became
> an outlaw after his lands were confiscated by King John in the 1190s.
>
> Peter Tatchell of the gay rights group Outrage was delighted by the new
> academic speculation: ``His lifestyle alone was enough to provoke
> speculation. It's about time school history lessons acknowledged the
> contribution of famous homosexuals.''
>
> But Mary Chamberlain of the Robin Hood Society was outraged: ``Robin
remains
> a highly regarded figure the world over and children like to play at
being
> Robin Hood. These claims could do a lot of damage.''
>
> The Sunday Times concluded that in Hollywood, it was Mel Brooks and not
Kevin
> Costner who had got the story right.
>
> ``The revelation flies in the face of Kevin Costner's portrayal of the
outlaw
> in 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' and suggests that the title of Mel
> Brooks's film 'Robin Hood: Men In Tights' was closer to the mark,'' it
said.
>
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