At the summit protesters donned Robin Hood caps and demanded a tax on international financial transactions in order to provide aid to poor countries instead of catering to banking and other financial institutions.
His most recent work, Hodd, is a novelisation of the story of Robin Hood: among the source material which Thorpe used for this book, he studied medieval pipe rolls.
In 2013 comes out in theaters the movie Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters by Tommy Wirkola where Aglaja made a cameo appearance, always in 2013 was in the cast of Robin Hood by Martin Schreier.
In addition, his prose works include The Text of Shelley's Death (1995) and A Robin Hood Book (1996).
He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1950s TV series The Adventures of Robin Hood, in which he played the malevolent Sheriff of Nottingham opposite Richard Greene's Robin Hood.
The figures are no longer abstractions; they are concrete examples of the folly of the bibliophile who collects books but learns nothing from them, of the evil judge who takes bribes to favour the guilty, of the old fool whom time merely strengthens in his folly, of those who are eager to follow the fashions, of the priests who spend their time in church telling "gestes" of Robin Hood and so forth.
The Sherwood Hero (1995) is a modern-day Robin Hood story for young adults, about a girl stealing a credit card from her father's client, drawing £100, attempting to hand it out to the poor in the streets of Glasgow, and then coping with the guilt.
Because of this Bernagh has over time become a local legend in the mould of Robin Hood who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor.
They aimed to be outlaws in a manner similar to Robin Hood, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor peasants.
Richard Barrie Dobson, FRHistS, FSA, FBA (3 November 1931 - 29 March 2013) was a British historian who was a leading authority on the legend of Robin Hood as well as a scholar of ecclesiastical and Jewish history.
Greenstein donates his profit from tournament winnings to charities, primarily Children, Incorporated, earning him the nickname "the Robin Hood of poker".
Among the first ten were Arthur, a prim and proper Englishman; Allen, a manipulator; Tommy, a con-artist; Ragen Vadascovinich, a Yugoslavian communist who Milligan claimed had committed the robberies in a kind of Robin Hood spirit; and Adalana, a 19-year-old lesbian who craved affection and who had allegedly committed the rapes.
Local legend states that the name is derived from their use by Robin Hood and his men to re-string their bows.
Whilst serving the latter civic office, he travelled to the United States to present Hollywood actor Kevin Costner with an award recognising the achievements of the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, in which Costner played the lead role.
They launched attacks against the Italian authorities (who were regarded as foreigners) and the land owning upper-classes, coming to be viewed by many of the common people as Robin Hood like figures, some of them gained celebrity in the area via the spreading of their stories.
In the 1940s and 50s the company made a brief foray into the comic book publishing industry, producing Buster Brown Comics, which featured the character on the cover, but contained different adventure features, such as Robin Hood.
Much like other highlanders such as Scots, Kurds and Albanians, a large majority of the nation's national heroes fought for independence (or otherwise, like the legendary Zelimkhan, robbed from the nation deemed the oppressor in order to feed Chechen children in a Robin Hood-like fashion).
A true eccentric, Schmidt compared himself to Rip Van Winkle, Paul Bunyan, Robin Hood, and Baron Munchausen; "I became some greater part of this mountain up here. Why when I walked along the road, the trees knelt down on my behalf. . . .There I was — in the land of ecstasy!"
What myths are present in the Kingdom are usually seen to have historical basis; the first novel, Jackaroo, deals with such a myth—a Robin Hood-like figure who is really just an archetype whose guise is donned by various nobles and commoners through the years.
David is a possible inspiration figure for the Robin Hood legend because the legend plays at the same time as David lived in the 1190s.
Best Weather Day - Jiang Yingfang, the "Robin Hood" of the Dong people who led a rebellion in the 1800s, is celebrated on this day.
The company manufactured a variety of plastic toy soldiers until 1995 such as Robin Hood, Zorro, Tarzan, cowboys, knights, Napoleonic and cowboys and Indians.
The former Robin Hood-style thief Nezumi Kozō, he became an undercover agent for the Kin-san/O-Yuki team.
One of the group's members was enamored of the character of Robin Hood, but accidentally shot the nephew of a priest in the eye with a stray arrow on Christmas Day in 1930.
The character names are suggestive innuendos, based on the character names from the first of those multi-chapter serials: the hero Flesh Gordon; his love interest Dale Ardor; the evil Emperor Wang the Perverted; Dr. Flexi Jerkoff; Amora, Queen of Magic; and a very gay Robin Hood-like character called Prince Precious.
In addition to ephemera, Brundage illustrated children's classics such as the novels of Louisa May Alcott, Johanna Spyri, and Robert Louis Stevenson, and traditional literary collections such as The Arabian Nights and the stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood.
Francis Godwin (October 20, 1889 – August 5, 1959), better known as Frank Godwin, was an American illustrator and comic strip artist, notable for his strip Connie and his book illustrations for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Robinson Crusoe, Robin Hood and King Arthur.
Traditional stories of Liongo have many common traits with those of European heroes such as Achilles, Sigurd and Robin Hood.
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Liongo is often represented as a master of the art of archery, sometimes in terms very close to the Robin Hood tales.
Kunene becomes a Robin Hood figure, gaining the title "The Hoodlum of Hillbrow".
He wanted a mysterious hero who would have the same type of appeal as Zorro or Robin Hood.
The name Greenwood had been given to the Hill's summer place by Ruth's younger brother who loved Robin Hood.
Karl Stülpner (1762–1842), a local renegade and folk hero (the Robin Hood of the Erzgebirge) had a hiding place in one of the numerous caverns of the Greifensteine area.
The meaning of her stage name is Haiduc, an "outlaw" or "of outlawry," e.g., Bulgarian, Serbian or Romanian outlaw-type hero who helps the poor (similar to Robin Hood or Tadas Blinda) or the rebels who fought the Ottomans when they occupied the Balkans for over 400 years (1453-circa 1900).
While Jarko checks the script, Franka goes round to have a talk with Frikko Falegier, who wants to sell a crossbow once used to kill Robin Hood.
Hulne Priory was the filming location of Marion's home in the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
One Ottawa newspaper at the time described him as a "Robin Hood" figure.
After tossing Simon aside, Stitch addresses the crowd, telling them what really happened, and how Jayne's Robin Hood-like act was just a mistake.
There is, in much of the Jean Chouan material, a slight whiff of Robin Hood and his merry men.
Although it is tempting to link the characters of French medieval pastourelle and the Jeu de Robin et Marion with the early history of Robin Hood and Maid Marian, there has been no link proven between the two.
She is also an expert in Robin Hood and has authored books like Walking in the Footsteps of Robin Hood in Nottinghamshire and is a contributor to Reflections magazine.
The Crimson Clown is Delton Prouse, a wealthy young bachelor, able veteran of The Great War, explorer, and all around adventurer who functions as a modern Robin Hood, stealing from the unjustly rich and returning money to helpless victims or worthy organizations.
Jonas Armstrong (born 1 January 1981) is an actor best known for his appearances on television in the United Kingdom, where he played the title role in the BBC One drama series Robin Hood.
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His first major television role came in October 2006 when he played Robin of Locksley, in the BBC's 2006 series based on Robin Hood.
In prison interviews, Razo has told reporters that he hated the time he spent at Harvard, and has portrayed himself as a kind of Robin Hood, stealing to save his starving family.
However, in the city there are rumors about a mysterious thief, who only steals from the rich, a part Robin Hood, part Spider-Man, part the Shadow character with magical powers, Nicknamed K-20 (short for "Kaijin Nijū-Mensō" - the Phantom Thief with 20 faces.
(Billy was a comedy character who believed he was a direct descendant of Robin Hood.)
He wrote numerous letters to media houses using political tones of Robin Hood-like words to describe his criminal acts.
He was born at 7 Clifton Place, Shipley in the county of West Yorkshire in 1892, and two years later his family moved to Robin Hood's Bay on the coast of present-day North Yorkshire, where he was schooled at the old Wesleyan chapel.
Ustym Karmаliuk (1787–1835), a notorious thief and gang leader, is considered a Ukrainian Robin Hood and folk hero.
The first four children's shows produced by M.T.C were written by Jack Neary, and adapted from well known stories, specifically, Robin Hood, The Ugly Duckling, Snow White and Rumplestilskin.
The silent ruler of the streets of Bombay, he did everything that was wrong according to the law, but right according to him - i.e. the "Indian version of Robin Hood".
This, combined with the public humiliation he dealt out to the daimyo, resulted in the popular legend that he gave the money to the poor, turning the petty crook into a posthumous folk hero similar to Robin Hood.
The musical Robin des Bois' is a modern adaptation of Robin Hood, where the lead role is played by French singer M. Pokora.
Among the engines, which towed thousands of people during their time there, was a 'Pacific' replica locomotive called Robin Hood.
It began to be said that the manhunt was not successful because Phoolan had the support of poor people in the region; stories on the Robin Hood model began circulating in the media.
Until the massacre, Giuliano had been regarded by many as a modern day Robin Hood who stole from (and even kidnapped) wealthy Sicilians to help the impoverished Sicilians.
While popular in cinema and art for depictions of medieval European characters (such as Robin Hood), this style of quiver was never used in medieval Europe.
In Giridih Randhir Prasad was seen as a Robin Hood-like figure, known for his philanthropic actions towards the local community.
It contains such important ballads as The Ballad of Chevy Chase, The Battle of Otterburn, Lillibullero, The Dragon of Wantley, The Nut-Brown Maid and Sir Patrick Spens along with ballads mentioned by or possibly inspiring Shakespeare, several ballads about Robin Hood and one of The Wandering Jew.
Lord of the Mountain is an anomaly among Crusz's works, a mixed genre (prose and poetry) work about the life, trial and death of the Sri Lankan Robin Hood, Sardiel.
More recently in 1990, Aysgarth Falls was used as a location in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, in a the scene where Robin Hood fights Little John.
Written by David R. Schwartz, the film transplants the Robin Hood legend to a 1930s Chicago gangster setting.
Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men is the 37th VeggieTales episode, based on the classic English story Robin Hood.
Richards, J, "The Stonehenge Environs Project" (English Heritage, 1990) ISBN 1-85074-269-3
The Old St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales, on the hill side at Raw, above the village, replaced an ancient church which had Saxon origins and was demolished in about 1821 and was a dependent chapel of Whitby Abbey.
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Bay Town, its local name, is in the ancient chapelry of Fylingdales in the wapentake of Whitby Strand.
The closure of the lines to Whitby was marked by the Whitby Moors Rail Tour run by the Stephenson Locomotive Society and the Manchester Lococmotive Society and was hauled by preserved LNER K4 2-6-0 no.3442 The Great Marquess and York shed's K1 2-6-0 no.62005 (which resides at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in the care of the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG).
This version inspired the film Robin and Marian, where it is his lover, Maid Marian, now a nun, who is his downfall.
Epstein sees the historical figure of Mao as a Robin Hood type, whose group always had sufficient provisions for each and every one of its members.
They are also featured at the beginning of the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and at the end of the film Atonement where Robbie and Cecilia always wanted to live.
In 1842 President John Tyler bought "Walnut Grove" from Collier Minge, his cousin and a local planter, and renamed the plantation "Sherwood Forest," as he likened himself to the story of Robin Hood regarding the Whig party.
In Batman's first episode of the second season, Fenton Quigley, a.k.a. The Archer, a medieval enemy of Superman modeled after Robin Hood, escapes from Police Headquarters in a moving van from the Trojan Hearse Company, driven by Maid Marilyn.
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Batman and Robin trace the Archer to his hideout at the Earl of Huntington Archery Range (Robin Hood was the alias of the Earl of Huntingdon) in Gotham's Green Forest section, where Alfred Pennyworth attempts to divert the antagonists long enough for Batman and Robin to inspect his lair.
Simon R. Green began his rise to success in 1988 when he sold seven novels and in 1989 when he received a commission to write the bestselling novelization of the Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which has sold more than 370,000 copies.
His portrayal is based on Malory's account of Arthur's upbringing, but White adds a number of new elements to the story, including one in which the young Kay kills a dangerous griffin with the aid of Robin Hood and Maid Marian.
The abbot's house, built of brick in 1483, survived as the "King's Manor" because it became the seat of the Council of the North in 1539; the abbots of St Mary's and the abbey featured in the medieval and early modern ballads of Robin Hood, with the abbot usually as Robin Hood's nemesis).
It is visited by tourists, who come to see the church where, according to legend, Robin Hood and Maid Marian were married.
It so happens that Fantozzi falls into poverty and the help of Robin Hood is not enough to satisfy him.
The band got its name after Superhik (in Italian: Superciuk), a fictitious anti-Robin Hood character who steals from the poor and gives to the rich from the Italian comic book Alan Ford that had and still has a cult status in the former Yugoslav countries.
In the songs Petliura is depicted as a soldier, in a manner similar to Robin Hood, mocking Skoropadsky and the Bolshevik Red Guard.
Accounts of both eras have described him as an Indian "Robin Hood".
The Marxist artist placed the character of Cantinflas in the center of the mural in the form of a Robin Hood figure, distributing the wealth of the rich to the poor.
A little over 7 months later, on September 23, 1935, McCall began another strip, this time based on the Robin Hood legends.
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest is a 1946 film about the son of Robin Hood.
He went on to direct around 30 films during his long and varied career (1958 - 1984), most of them action/adventure films, crime dramas, war movies and costume dramas involving Robin Hood, pirates, Zorro, etc..
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men is a 1952 live action Disney version of the Robin Hood legend made in Technicolor and filmed in Buckinghamshire, England.
He in many respects a dynamic figure, ardent in love, spectacular in his deeds, a rebel and a social reformer, even a kind of Robin Hood, and above all an exquisite lyricist.
Harlan Banks (Steven Seagal) is a Robin Hood kind of thief who has always picked his own jobs and tried to pull heists that would leave him room to help out others.
The piece was a spoof of the character and legend of the outlaw Robin Hood.
He has worked as a stuntman on many TV programmes and films such as The Italian Job, The New Avengers, Superman II, An American Werewolf in London, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Alien 3 and Midsomer Murders among others.
Verysdale is a part of medieval England which is mentioned in the early ballads of Robin Hood (especially the ballad A Gest of Robyn Hode, in which a friendly knight, Richard at the Lee, befriends the gallant outlaw and later is revealed as the lord or Earl of Verysdale).
It also allowed it to take advantage of the publicity surrounding Warner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (starring Kevin Costner), which was then in theaters.
Walter Leonard Sparrow (22 January 1927 – 31 May 2000) was a British film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner.
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His career enjoyed a resurgence in the 1990s, with Sparrow playing key roles in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as the blinded retainer Duncan, 1993's The Secret Garden as gruff gardener Ben Weatherstaff, and the 1995 American coming-of-age film Now and Then as tragic drifter 'Crazy Pete'.
Some of his other popular later works included a melodrama, The Purse (1794), a Robin Hood pantomime, Merry Sherwood (1795) (especially the drinking song I am a friar of orders grey) and a comic opera, The Cabinet (1803).
In Iranian folklore, Ya'qub is sometimes regarded as an Iranian Robin Hood because according to legend he stole from the wealthy and helped the poor.
Zelimkhan (also spelled Zelim-Khan) (January 1872, Kharachoy, Terek Oblast - 26 September 1913) is a Chechen and Ingush hero, which is viewed today as a version of a Chechen Robin Hood.
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She is best known for her role in the 2006 film Blind Dating as Lisa and as Djaq on the first two seasons of the 2006 television series Robin Hood.
Her first novel, Maid Marian (2005), details a history of Marian, the female companion to Robin Hood.
In 1922, she starred in only three films, but one of those became her most famous role, the female lead of "Maid Marian" in Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks.
As a filming location, Freshwater West featured extensively in the 2010 film Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe, which depicted the French invasion of southern England.
The play bears a strong resemblance to The Death of Robert Earl of Huntington, the second of Anthony Munday's two Robin Hood plays (1598; printed 1601) — to the point that Davenport's work has been called a mere rewrite of Munday's play.
He appeared in Swing with Lisa Stansfield and Hugo Speer and in Robin Hood (2006, BBC), in the penultimate episode of series two.
He is notable for his appearances on stage, radio and TV, which include Charles II: The Power & the Passion (television, 2003), Henry VIII (television, 2003), 'Peace? Off!' (episode of Robin Hood, 2006) and Flash for Freedom! (radio dramatisation, title role, 2002).
In the test, a situation is posed and the reader is asked to rank Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Little John and the Sheriff of Nottingham in terms of the morality of their actions in the scenario.
"Tattoo? What Tattoo?" is the eighth episode of the 2006 Robin Hood television series, made by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One.
"The Taxman Cometh" is the sixth episode of the 2006 Robin Hood television series, made by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One.
"Turk Flu" is the fifth episode of the 2006 Robin Hood television series, made by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One.
The song written and composed by Lionel Florence, Patrice Guirao and Matthieu Mendès is taken from the forthcoming French musical Robin des Bois, an adaptation of Robin Hood, that premiered on Palais des congrès de Paris on 26 September 2013 starring M. Pokora.