Posted on 11/23/2014 10:50:37 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica
I think the point that gets missed is that the medieval times in England, under, I believe, the Same John mentioned in Robin Hood, signed the Magna Carta, which is part of the foundation for the U.S..
I’ve considered this before. Didn’t Ritson come to a rather ignominious end? Like a lot of people with his philosophy in our day, he was unhinged.
Funny, I was trying to explain this to my 16 yo grandson the other day. Do you have links to info I can give him?
But if memory serves me correctly, John did sign the Magna Carta voluntarily, he was forced if he wanted to live.
He was one of the worst kings England ever had. He squandered almost all the lands his father had gained and this is why his nickname is "John Lackland".
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Riding through the land
Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore
Without a merry band
He steals from the poor. And gives to the rich
Stupid bitch.
Moore: What did you sing?
Singers: We sang... he steals from the poor and gives to the rich.
Moore: Wait a tic... blimey, this redistribution of wealth is trickier than I thought.
I would just stick with the original sources. Since Ritson did this so long ago, you really have to dig far back to get to the real Robin Hood.
The Child Ballads 118-154 are mostly Robin Hood, but there are probably others in the list:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/index.htm
Surprisingly enough, Wikipedia’s page for Ritson does accurately portray both Ritson’s history revisionism, as well as his motivation for it.(Jacobinism)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ritson
One of the links in my original posting goes to an old book which does not appear to have the Ritson poison in it.
http://books.google.com/books?id=JDRYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA17
Good luck with correcting that.
He was pressed into it. But it was important in order to place limits on the power of the crown. But Robin Hood was more a protest against the power of the crown. He would be protesting the work against family farms, making the nation poorer, and pushing so many people into both unemployment/underemployment. Let’s not get started on outsourcing...
I love the Flynn portrayal. Plenty of wittiness about it.
Nothing surprising about this. My medieval hero, Richard the Third, is also claimed to be a socialist by his leftie fans - all because he implemented bail and told the nobles to knock off being horrible to the peasants.
He signed the Magna Carta under duress, and Pope Innocent III sided with him, annulling it after John complained that the charter compromised the Pope's rights as a lord (England being a vassal state of the Vatican). This led to civil war.
John wasn't exactly the cartoon villain that the legends portray him as, but he was cruel, autocratic, and not a little corrupt.
Who would that be
Richard wasn’t that nice of a guy either. His crusade cost a lot of Gold to the crown to carry out.
Olivia de Havilland
http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/robin-hood/12-olivia-de-havilland.jpg
Thanx link no good for me but I know who she is
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