For example, Alfonso halted his army in pious respect before the birthplace of a Latin writer, carried Livy or Caesar on his campaigns with him, and his panegyrist Panormita even stated that the king was cured of an illness when a few pages of Quintus Curtius Rufus ' history of Alexander the Great were read to him.

The Historia Ecclesiastica has given Bede a high reputation, but his concerns were different from those of a modern writer of history.

A most prolific writer, he published a string of grammars, several dictionaries, comparative work, and a history of Bantu linguistics.

Classics writer Simone Weil ranked the conduct of the Gracchi second out of all the known cases of good hearted conduct recorded by history for classical Rome, ahead of the Scipios and Virgil.

An almost naked Truth keeps an eye on the writer of history.

He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games.

Bogart plays embittered writer Dixon Steele, who has a history of violence and becomes a suspect in a murder case at the same time that he falls in love with a failed actress, played by Gloria Grahame.

By the later 19th century, history painting was often explicitly rejected by avant-garde movements such as the Impressionists ( except for Édouard Manet ) and the Symbolists, and according to one recent writer " Modernism was to a considerable extent built upon the rejection of History Painting ... All other genres are deemed capable of entering, in one form or another, the ' pantheon ' of modernity considered, but History Painting is excluded ".

He was a voluminous writer of books on Christian ethics, and of popular histories, which were credited with cultivating a popular interest in history.

* John Brown ( writer ) ( 1830 – 1922 ), Doctor of Divinity, pastor of Bunyan's Chapel, and author of many works of theology and church history

Nephi, the writer of First and Second Nephi, forged the plates to keep a record of the history of his people, to write down prophecies and spiritual teachings, and make a record of Jesus Christ.

For all his success, Rockne also made what an Associated Press writer called " one of the greatest coaching blunders in history.

Hammerstein was probably the best " book writer " in Broadway history – he made the story, not the songs or the stars, central to the musical and brought musical theater to full maturity as an art form.

The first reference to card games in world history dates from the 9th century, when the Collection of Miscellanea at Duyang, written by Tang Dynasty writer Su E, described Princess Tongchang, daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang, playing the " leaf game " in 868 with members of the Wei clan, the family of the princess ' husband.

She did so, but complained that this Pagan writer said nothing about ecclesiastical affairs and stopped with the accession of the emperor Valens in 364 ; consequently Paul interwove extracts from the Scriptures, from the ecclesiastical historians and from other sources with Eutropius, and added six books, thus bringing the history down to 553.

In 1802, a writer named John Feltham wrote a version of the history of porter that has been used as the basis for most writings on the topic.

On his return to London in 1846, he wrote a trilogy on the natural history of Jamaica including A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica ( 1851 ), which was " written in a congenial style and firmly established his reputation both as a naturalist and a writer.

* The Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges discusses The Rubaiyat and its history in an essay, " The Enigma of Edward FitzGerald " (" El Enigma de Edward FitzGerald ") in his book " Other Inquisitions " (" Otras Inquisiciones ", 1952 ).

Tolkien's opinion was adopted by another Christian writer, C. S. Lewis, in their conversations: " Tolkien explained to Lewis that the story of Christ was the true myth at the very heart of history and at the very root of reality.

One Australian writer Gerard Henderson has rejected this theory, yet others such as Australian history Professors Judith Brett Latrobe Uni.

Commenting on this device, writer MaryAnn Johanson writes, " That could be happening throughout this story ... indeed, through the entire history of Doctor Who.

The English Roman Catholic writer G. K. Chesterton said of More that " He may come to be counted the greatest Englishman, or at least the greatest historical character in English history.

Cicero calls Herodotus the " father of history ;" yet the Greek writer Plutarch, in his Moralia ( Ethics ) denigrated Herodotus, as the " father of lies ".

Rashīd al-Dīn Fadhl-allāh Hamadānī ( 1247 – 1318 ), was a Persian physician of Jewish origin, polymathic writer and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history, the Jami al-Tawarikh, in the Persian language, often considered a landmark in intercultural historiography and a key document on the Ilkhanids ( 13th and 14th century ).

However, writer Kurt Busiek suggested a way to add Jean Grey to the roster that became one of the most significant cases of retconning in comic book history: Jean Grey had never actually been the Phoenix.

Collins, who has a history of alcohol abuse, claimed that the song was able to " pull her through " to recovery.

In 1996, a song in Breton represented France in the 41st Eurovision Song Contest, the first time in history that France had a song without a word in French.

As Adam Mickiewicz explained in 1842 to students of Slavic Literature in Paris, the song " begins with verses which are the emblem of recent history: ' Poland has not yet perished, so long as we still live '.

If the story is true that troubadour Raimbaut de Vaqueiras ( about 1150-1207 ) wrote the famous Provençal song Kalenda Maya to fit the tune of an estampie that he heard two jongleurs play, then the history of the estampie extends back to the 12th century.

Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison, in Music and Social Movements: Mobilizing Tradition in the Twentieth Century ( 1998 ), take issue with what they consider Denisoff's reductive approach to the history and function of song ( and particularly traditional song ) in social movements.

The song became one of the biggest hits in history, and frenzied teens flocked to see Haley and the Comets perform it, causing riots in some cities.

Kool Moe Dee adds, “ in 2002 Eminem created the song that got the first Oscar in Hip-Hop history

Indeed, according to BMI, " You've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin '" remains the most played song in radio history, estimated to have been broadcast more than eight million times.

It was also the first theme song in Star Trek history not originally written for the show it was used ; it was originally the theme song to the movie Patch Adams ( where it was sung by Rod Stewart and originally entitled " Faith of the Heart ").

The album contains the song " Washington Bullets " which references the Sandinistas and other events and groups involved in Latin American history, starting from 1959.

The song chronicles the history of the Sandinistas, as well as their conflict with the Contras, and reflects an optimistic hope for the future of Nicaragua.

In 2008, Andy Strasberg, Bob Thompson and Tim Wiles ( from the Baseball Hall of Fame ) wrote a comprehensive book on the history of the song, Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of ' Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

Tommy Womack, a singer / songwriter from Nashville, sings a mostly biographical song called " The Replacements " recounting the history and histrionics of the band on his 2002 Circus Town CD.

The first zoo hippo in modern history was Obaysch who arrived at the London Zoo on May 25, 1850, where he attracted up to 10, 000 visitors a day and inspired a popular song, the Hippopotamus Polka.

Mendes ' song choices " progress through the history of American popular music ".

The anniversary was also marked by the publication of a book on the history of the song, Rock Around the Clock: The Record That Started the Rock Revolution, by Jim Dawson.

The event was described in the Johnny Cash song " As Long as the Grass Shall Grow " from the 1964 album Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, which focused on the history of and problems facing Native Americans in the United States.

( In 2008, Billboard ranked the song No. 6 among all songs that charted in the 50-year history of the Hot 100.

* Jolie Blonde: lyrics & song history of the traditional Cajun waltz ( aka Jolie Blon, Jole Blon or Joli Blon ) often referred to as " the Cajun National Anthem ".

* Jolie Blonde: lyrics & song history

According to Isidore Witmark in his history of the Witmark and Sons publishing house, Cowl's play was partially rewritten after the song was published, based upon the imagery of the lyrics.

With the progress of the narrative during 1941 – 2 to the breaking of the Fellowship and the war in Rohan, particular aspects in the history and culture of the South-kingdom were introduced one by one: alliance with the Rohirrim and ceding a province to them, in gratitude for their help in the first war with Sauron ; the White Tree and the winged crown, at first just as vague images in Aragorn's song ; the spelling Gondor ; and the Palantíri, with Hornburg and Isengard made into former Gondor fortresses and sites of two out of five Stones in the South-kingdom.