Agemegos
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Not all the time, by any means. The mediaeval material is set later, in the mid-13th to early-14th century, names the king "Edward", and makes Robin Hood a yeoman (not a nobleman) and consistently an anti-establishment figure.Basically all the time. Prince John is an evil despot while Brave Richard is away on crusade.
Robin Hood only got shifted back to the late 12th century, promoted to the nobility, and switched from an opponent to a supporter of the king in post-mediaeval versions, appropriated from folk material by writers and sanitised for an audience that could afford to buy books.
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