Case 1

• Robin Hood


  A character who led an insurrection against the High Sheriff of Nottingham
• Robin Hood's insurrection against the High Sheriff of Nottingham began


  Spring of the second year
• Robin Hood's campaign against the Sheriff


  1. Began as a personal crusade

  2. Sought allies with grievances and a sense of justice

  3. Forged the group into a disciplined band united against the Sheriff

  4. Delegated specific tasks to lieutenants
• Robin Hood's band


  • Robin ruled supreme, making all important decisions
  • Will Scarlett in charge of intelligence and scouting
  • Little John kept discipline and archery training
  • Scarlock took care of finances
  • Much the Miller's son provisioned the band
• The increasing size of the band was a source of satisfaction but also concern for Robin
• As the band grew larger

  Vigilance declined and discipline became harder to enforce
• The Sheriff was growing stronger and better organized


  He now had the money and the men, and was beginning to harass the band
• Robin felt the campaign must be decisively concluded before the Sheriff could deliver a mortal blow
• Robin had hoped the perpetual unrest and the Sheriff's failure to collect taxes would lead to his removal from office
• Instead, the Sheriff used his political connections to obtain reinforcement, and was well regarded by Prince John
• Prince John was vicious and volatile, consumed by his unpopularity and fear of the barons
• Several barons had set out to collect the ransom to release King Richard the Lionheart, and invited Robin to join the conspiracy
• The growing band was beginning to exceed the food capacity of the forest, and supplies had to be obtained from outlying villages
• Travelers were now giving the forest a wide berth, which was costly and inconvenient to them
• Robin believed the time had come to change the Merrymen's policy of outright confiscation


  His lieutenants strongly resisted this idea