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by Studio Anne Carlton (SAC)
King Height: 4 3/4" (120mm)
Chess Pieces: Heavy weighted in ground stone and polyresin
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Deeply embedded in English folk history the story of Robin Hood has captivated the imagination of generations. Together with his band of 'Merry Men', living as outlaws in the vastness of Sherwood Forest, he reputedly made attacks on wealthy merchants, Church officials and Norman tax collectors who travelled through and around Sherwood Forest.
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Twelfth and thirteenth century England saw peasant farmers living very hard lives raising crops and flocks. They were heavily taxed and tythed by both the Church and the conquering Norman oppressors. The law was harsh and punishmensts severe. Many peasants lived in fear and a few were driven to live outside the law - as outlaws in remote or inhospitable parts of the country.
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Whether based on fact or fiction, Robin Hood was reputedly the leader of one such band of outlaws. He was supported by the fair Maid Marian, the giant Little John, Friar Tuck and Will Scarlett all of whom are represented in this beautiful Robin Hood Plain Theme Chess Set.
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Robin Hood's sworn adversary was the Sheriff of Nottingham who, under strict instructions from the King, was charged with the task of killing or capturing Robin by any means possible.
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The legends provide us with various endings as to how he met his death but the most likely is that he was taken, ill and suffering from wounds, to Kirklees Abbey where the Prioress either by accident or design slit his veins and he bled to death.
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