Robin Hood

Week 9: Medieval Heroes - Assignments - Reading - Resources - Images

The Prince and the Poacher: 5

Reading time:(2 minutes)
"Earl Robert" then proceeds to form his band of merry men, beginning with the men who were had been the servants on his noble estates.

Questions. Make sure you can answer these questions about what you just read:

  • who were the men who attached Robin in the woods?
  • what did Robin make the men swear to do?
  • why the people come to see Robin? how did King John react?

Source: Robin Hood #52 by Magazine Enterprises, Nov. 1955 (weblink).

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