Traditionally a sheriff is a chief of the law protectors, prelude to police so he would have been appointed the power by the lord of the land, meaning in relative terms he is 3rd in hierarchy to a commoner from the topking>lord>sheriffThough a commoner is also able to be commanded by a knightI have not watched the show but this is pretty much the gist of the old justice systems in england and probably all of europe at the time.Still the sheriff was basically a jobber. He was the guy who collected rent.
Not watching it but isn't the story that he is just corrupt as fuck and the king is at war so he can't put a stop to it? As soon as he comes back the bull shit stops
>>216961337Even today being a Sheriff is probably the most powerful position you can get just behind the mayor in a small town. You don't even have to rise through the police rankings to get sworn in
>>216961411In this show>The sheriff is more powerful than the earl in his own town.> He is the king's cousin.
>>216961519Its obviously the traditional sheriff of nottingham.In literary terms he is just the antagonist so all evils that befall the people, protagonists etc are his doing so of course he is gonna be the big bad of it all.The irony with the RH story is they made the prince/acting king (forgot his name) also the bad guy and richard the lionheart the benevolent good guy who is lost, but the kings were always oppressors in england.
>>216961337The local Earl Huntington had to pay for his position while Sean Bean is Henry II cousin
>>216961733>Sean Bean is Henry II cousinSo why didn’t the king make him a duke instead of just the sheriff?
