Ivanhoe is sometimes credited for increasing interest in Romanticism and Medievalism ; John Henry Newman claimed Scott " had first turned men's minds in the direction of the middle ages ," while Carlyle and Ruskin made similar claims to Scott's overwhelming influence over the revival based primarily on the publication of this novel.

Critic Georg Lukács points to middling main characters like Ivanhoe in Sir Walter Scott's other novels as one of the primary reasons Scott's historical novels depart from previous historical works and better explore social and cultural history.

Nineteenth-century fictional depictions of John were heavily influenced by Sir Walter Scott's historical romance, Ivanhoe, which presented " an almost totally unfavourable picture " of the king ; the work drew on Victorian histories of the period and on Shakespeare's play.

The most notable contributions to this idea of Robin are Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry's ( 1825 ) and Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe ( 1819 ).

As noted above, Richard appears in connection with Robin Hood in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe and the many works derived from the novel, and in numerous films about Robin Hood.

Oblique reference to the origin of Habeas corpus underlies Scott's next novel, Ivanhoe, set during the era of the creation of the Magna Carta, which conservatives like Walter Scott and Edmund Burke regarded as rooted in immemorial British custom and precedent.

Ivanhoe ( 1819 ) set in twelfth-century England, marked a move away from Scott's focus on the local history of Scotland.

There are, however, literary and historical bases for the custom, most famously the tournament in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.

Indeed, Sir Walter Scott's historical novels Ivanhoe and Kenilworth helped to establish the popular Victorian image of a Gothic medieval castle.

In Sir Walter Scott's novel, Ivanhoe, ' Coningsburgh Castle ' is based on Conisbrough.

In Sir Walter Scott's novel, Ivanhoe, ' Coningsburgh Castle ' is based on Conisbrough.

For example, in the first book in the series time travellers contesting the fate of Richard I of England become caught up in Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.

* The character Gurth, in Sir Walter Scott's book " Ivanhoe " is a swineherd.

This began to change with a vengeance by the mid-19th century, as appreciation of medieval sculpture and its painting, known as Italian or Flemish " Primitives ", became fashionable under the influence of writers including John Ruskin, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and Pugin, as well as the romantic medievalism of literary works like Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe ( 1819 ) and Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( 1831 ).

The earliest use of oubliette in French dates back to 1374, but its earliest adoption in English is Walter Scott's Ivanhoe in 1819: ' The place was utterly dark — the oubliette, as I suppose, of their accursed convent.

But it still carried its popular history usefulness, conjuring up an imagined Anglo-Saxon golden England, as in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe where a ' Saxon proverb ' is put in the mouth of Wamba ( Ch.

In addition to Walter Scott's Ivanhoe into Irish, Seosamh's work in this field includes the Irish versions of Joseph Conrad's Almayer's Folly, in Irish Díth Céille Almayer, as well as Peadar O ' Donnell's Adrigoole, in Irish Eadarbhaile.

The Betrothed was inspired by Walter Scott's Ivanhoe and was the first Italian historical novel.

* " Ivanhoe-Not Scott's Ivanhoe, but a Scotch Ivanhoe " ( 1908 )

In fiction, Isaac the Jew in Walter Scott's Ivanhoe serves this purpose to Prince John and other nobles.

Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe is set nearby, and Knight may have been Scott's source of local information when he was writing the book.

The house was opened to the public in 1833, but continued to be occupied by Scott's descendants until 2004.

In 1966, Reginald Pound, the first biographer given access to Scott's original sledging journal, revealed personal failings which cast a new light on Scott, although Pound continued to endorse his heroism, writing of " a splendid sanity that would not be subdued ".

Scott's background as a lawyer also informed his perspective, for at the time of the novel, which takes place before the Act of Union of 1707, English law did not apply in Scotland, and even afterward Scotland continued to have its own hybrid legal system.

Although he continued to be extremely popular and widely read, both at home and abroad, Scott's critical reputation declined in the last half of the nineteenth century as serious writers turned from romanticism to realism, and Scott began to be regarded as an author suitable for children.

Nevertheless, Scott's importance as an innovator continued to be recognized.

John Oldrid Scott ( d. 1913 ) ( George Gilbert Scott's son ), despite frequent clashes with Grimthorpe, had continued working within the cathedral.

The area continued to be a major centre for freestone quarrying during the 19th Century, supplying many major municipal building projects in Glasgow, such as Sir George Gilbert Scott's new Glasgow University main building ( the second largest Gothic Revival building in Britain ).

In the years following the expedition he continued to champion Scott's career, to the extent of disregarding or disparaging the achievements of other contemporary explorers.

Because of continued growth and a lack of land for expansion, the university relocated to what was then Scotlandville, along Scott's Bluff facing the Mississippi River in 1914.

Good friends, Rudd took Scott's death badly, but continued on with AC / DC until he left the band during the recording of the Flick of the Switch album in 1983.

This winning streak continued with Scott's being the fastest machines in 1912, 1913, and 1914 as well as winning the event in 1912 and 1913.

Scott's outstanding form continued into the postseason, when Houston faced the Eastern Division champion New York Mets in the 1986 National League Championship Series.

Scott's recruiting difficulties in Virginia continued, despite the implementation of a draft by the state legislature.

As the celebrations in honor of Scott's military career continued across Kentucky, he began to consider the possibility of running for governor in 1808.

Two of the first films to be re-released as a director's cut were Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate ( first aired on the Los Angeles cable station Z Channel ) and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

Scott's " staging " of the royal Visit of King George IV to Scotland in 1822 and the king's wearing of tartan, resulted in a massive upsurge in demand for kilts and tartans that could not be met by the Scottish linen industry.

* 1912 – Lawrence Oates, an ill member of Robert Falcon Scott's South Pole expedition, left the tent to die, saying: " I am just going outside and may be some time.

Road film Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ) starring Geena Davis as Thelma, and Susan Sarandon as Louise, proved to be one of Scott's biggest critical successes, helping revive the director's reputation and receiving his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.

Scott's film Gladiator ( 2000 ) proved to be one of his biggest commercial successes to date.

Similar situations can be seen in Tony Scott's Man on Fire.

Through the medium of Scott's novels, the violent religious and political conflicts of the country's recent past could be seen as belonging to history – which Scott defined, as the subtitle of Waverley ("' Tis Sixty Years Hence ") indicates, as something that happened at least 60 years ago.

Scott's orchestration of King George IV's visit to Scotland, in 1822 was a pivotal event intended to inspire a view of his home country that, in his view, accentuated the positive aspects of the past while allowing the age of quasi-mediaeval blood-letting to be put to rest and the envisioning of a more useful, hopefully peaceful future.

* March 16 – Lawrence Oates, dying member of Scott's South Pole expedition, leaves the tent saying, " I am just going outside and may be some time.

In addition, DiCaprio is said to be involved in the pre-production of Ridley Scott's project Brave New World, Marc Forster's The Chancellor Manuscript and the biopic Sinatra, a film about Frank Sinatra to be directed by Martin Scorsese.

They were considered to be evidence for the actions of saints such as Hilda of Whitby, a myth referenced in Sir Walter Scott's Marmion, and Saint Patrick, and were held to have healing or oracular powers.

Scott's original ambition was to be a writer like his favorite author, F. Scott Fitzgerald ; while attending Redford High School in Detroit, he wrote many short stories, none of which was ever published.

Because Sanford was a citizen of New York, Scott's lawyers " claimed the case should now be brought before the Federal courts, on the grounds of diverse citizenship.

In 1824, Scott's interest in rejuvenating the antiquated ironworks faded when he learned that the Morris Canal was soon to be constructed, and that it would be of little service to the Village of Booneton a mile or more away.

Scott's lavish plantation was said to be identical to Jefferson Davis ' mansion in Mississippi and he eventually became the largest slave owner in Harrison County.

A well-received performance as Ben Carson in Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story ( 2009 ) and a small supporting role in Ridley Scott's American Gangster ( 2007 ) both proved to be exceptions to this trend.

Scott's wartime experience would give him training that would be put to use in his later film career, including the use of firearms and horsemanship.