A gest of Robin Hood (EN)A gest of Robin Hood One of Englands most popular literary heroes is a man whose most endearing activities to his public were the robbery and killing of landowners, in particular church landowners, and the maintenance of guerrilla warfare against established authority represented by the Sheriff. A man who would now, of course, be described as a terrorist. Rodney Hilton, The Origins of Robin Hood, Past & Present #14 (Oxford University Press), 1958 A