Editing Richard I of England (section)

===Medieval folklore===
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[[File:Richard The Lionheart - Robinhood.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Richard affiancing [[Robin Hood]] and [[Maid Marian]] on a plaque outside [[Nottingham Castle]]]]
Around the middle of the 13th century, various legends developed that, after Richard's capture, his minstrel [[Blondel de Nesle|Blondel]] travelled Europe from castle to castle, loudly singing a song known only to the two of them (they had composed it together).{{Sfn|Flori|1999f|pp=191–192}} Eventually, he came to the place where Richard was being held, and Richard heard the song and answered with the appropriate refrain, thus revealing where the King was incarcerated. The story was the basis of [[André Ernest Modeste Grétry]]'s opera [[Richard Coeur-de-lion (opera)|''Richard Cœur-de-Lion'']] and seems to be the inspiration for the opening to [[Richard Thorpe]]'s film version of ''[[Ivanhoe (1952 film)|Ivanhoe]]''. It seems unconnected to the real Jean 'Blondel' de Nesle, an aristocratic {{Lang|fr|trouvère}}. It also does not correspond to the historical reality, since the King's jailers did not hide the fact; on the contrary, they publicised it.{{Sfn|Flori|1999f|p=192}} An early account of this legend is to be found in [[Claude Fauchet (historian)|Claude Fauchet's]] ''Recueil de l'origine de la langue et poesie françoise'' (1581).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fauchet|first=Claude|title=Recueil de l'origine de la langue et poesie françoise|publisher=Mamert Patisson|year=1581|location=Paris|pages=130–131}}</ref>

At some time around the 16th century, tales of [[Robin Hood]] started to mention him as a contemporary and supporter of King Richard the Lionheart, Robin being driven to outlawry, during the misrule of Richard's evil brother John, while Richard was away at the Third Crusade.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Holt|first1=J. C.|year=1982|title=Robin Hood|page=70|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-5002-5081-5}}</ref>