History Literature / Ivanhoe

There have also been quite a number of LiveActionTelevision adaptations of the novel:
* A 1958 television series with [[Creator/RogerMoore Roger Moore]] as Ivanhoe.

* A 1975 AnimatedAdaptation by AirProgramsInternational.
* A very well regarded adaptation in 1982 with Creator/AnthonyAndrews as Ivanhoe, Creator/OliviaHussey as Rebecca, Creator/JamesMason as Isaac, Creator/LysetteAnthony as Rowena, Creator/SamNeill as Bois-Guilbert and Creator/JohnRhysDavies as Reginald Front-de-Boeuf.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge / RoaringRampageOfRescue: The storming of Front de Boefs castle. [[KickTheSonOfABitch Probably quite a few readers were pleased]] with that one.

** Eleanor criticizes Richard for being away from England his entire reign, but both logically and realistically speaking, even if Richard's reign had not mostly consisted of military activity, he would not have spent the majority of it in England since the Angevin Empire's court was held in either Angers or Chinon and the additional fact that Richard view Aquitaine as his home, all places located in France. He would have been in France more often that he would be in England. One would think that Eleanor, Richard's co-ruler in Aquitaine, would know that.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: The almost impossibly noble Rebecca is said to be the only character based directly on one of Scott's contemporaries -- a friend of Scott's friend Washington Irving -- a Jewish lady from UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, Pennsylvania, named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Gratz Rebecca Gratz]].

* "Sniffing the Gauntlet", a 1998 episode of ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' with Wishbone imagining himself as the title character.

* PublicDomainCharacter: RobinHood and Friar Tuck. Scott was not the first, by any means, but he is probably the most influential author in linking the outlaw's legend with UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart and Prince John; more original with Scott was the linking of the legend with a supposed racial animosity between the [[PeopleOfHairColor Normans and the Saxons]]. Scott also popularised the name "Locksley" as associated with the outlaw.

* RetCon: Sir Walter invented a role for RobinHood against Prince John in UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart's absence to plug some holes in his plot.

* TokenGoodTeammate: [[UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart King Richard]] is like this to [[RobinHood Locksley]]'s men.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/TheStoryOfRobinHoodAndHisMerrieMen''; the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes TheLion, TheKnightOfJaffa, TheWheelOfFortune and TheWarlords; the miniseries TheLegendOfRobinHood. It later received a successor of its own in the 1997 Ivanhoe miniseries, the 1984 RobinHood series and Hellbound.

* TheEvilPrince: Prince John, whose taking of this role in the RobinHood legend was [[TropeCodifier cemented]] by Scott.

** Eleanor criticizes Richard for being away from England his entire reign, but both logically and realistically speaking, even if Richard's reign had not mostly consisted of military activity, he would not have spent the majority of it in England since the Angevin Empire's court was held in either Angers or Chino and the additional fact that Richard view Aquitaine as his home, all places located in France. He would have been in France more often that he would be in England. One would think that Eleanor, Richard's co-ruler in Aquitaine, would know that.

** Eleanor criticizes Richard for being away from England his entire reign, but both logically and realistically speaking, even if Richard's reign had not mostly consisted of military activity, he would not have spent the majority of it in England since the Angevin Empire's court was held in either Angers or Chino and the additional fact that Richard view Aquitaine as his home, all places located in France. He would have been in France more often that he would be in England.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Cedric and Athelstane are shown having their beards tugged at the banquet of Lord John, as he was historically called due to being the first Lord of Ireland. This episode actually happened in real life, many times in fact...except John's courtiers were doing it to Gaelic Irish men, not Saxon men.

* AlmightyMom: [[spoiler:Eleanor of Aquitaine is the one who ultimately puts the conflict between Richard and John to an end and gets the two to embrace as brothers.]]

''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' is an 1819 [[HistoricalFiction historical novel]] by Sir Creator/WalterScott, set in the reign of King UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart and largely concerning the long-smouldering antagonism between the [[PeopleOfHairColor Normans and Saxons]] in the centuries after the Norman Conquest -- an antagonism which, at that date, is highly [[AnachronismStew anachronistic]] (one might call it a sort of [[HollywoodHistory Holyrood History]]) and largely the product of Scott's teeming imagination. In the face of severe criticism by his own contemporaries on this and other historical inaccuracies, Scott himself admitted, "It is extremely probable that I may have confused the manners of two or three centuries," but [[MST3KMantra comforted himself]] that "errors of this kind will escape the general class of readers." (And to be fair, this romantic idea of early British history remained popular enough that Creator/ArthurConanDoyle used it 72 years later, in ''Literature/TheWhiteCompany'', which takes place centuries after the events of ''Ivanhoe''). Despite the author's [[AuthorTract Whig history]] limitations and prejudices (which are [[WriterOnBoard evident]]), ''Ivanhoe'' is a stirring and colourful tale, with plenty of action, lovable heroes and heroines and hissable villains, and a real feeling for the genuine -- if ''extremely [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]]'' -- romance of TheHighMiddleAges.

* {{Anticlimax}}: In the trial by combat to determine the fate of Rebecca, Brian de Bois-Guilbert, the invincible [[UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar Templar]], is facing Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is still recovering from his wounds -- but when they actually joust, Bois-Guilbert simply [[spoiler: keels over dead]], "a victim of his own contending passions," and Wilfred is left standing there, looking awkward.

* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: Bois-Guilbert dies with his eyes open]].

** Brian de Bois-Guilbert to Rebecca: "Marry me, or at least have sex with me, or I'll let them kill you." This lasts until [[spoiler: Bois-Guilbert's death]].

** Bois-Guilbert starts out merely lusting after Rebecca, but grows to appreciate her intelligence and spirit; by the end he's genuinely in love with her, [[spoiler: aids Isaac's escape from the Templars so he can attempt to get some help, tries to help her escape the night before her execution, and urges Ivanhoe to kill him during their duel so that her life will be spared.]]

* AlmightyMom: [[spoiler: Eleanor of Aquitaine is the one who ultimately puts the conflict between Richard and John to an end and gets the two to embrace as brothers.]]

* OhCrap: How Prince John reacts when de Bracy warns him that [[spoiler: Richard is back.]]

* YouGotSpunk: Brian de Bois-Guilbert's opinion of Rebecca's attempted suicide to escape him.

* MatzoFever: The Jewish Rebecca is desired by gentiles, including a lot of chemistry with Ivanhoe himself.

* TheCareTaker: Rebecca the [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect beautiful]] [[CultureClash Jewish]] maiden cares for [[KnightInShiningArmor Sir Wilfred]] of Ivanhoe after he is wounded in the tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouche.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: The almost impossibly noble Rebecca is said to be the only character based directly one of Scott's contemporaries -- a friend of Scott's friend Washington Irving -- a Jewish lady from UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, Pennsylvania, named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Gratz Rebecca Gratz]].

* A 1995 television series starring Kristen Holden-Ried
* A 1997 AnimatedAdaptation by Creator/{{CINAR}} and France Animation: "WesternAnimation/IvanhoeTheKingsKnight"

''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' is an 1819 [[HistoricalFiction historical novel]] by Sir Creator/WalterScott, set in the reign of King UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionHeart and largely concerning the long-smouldering antagonism between the [[PeopleOfHairColor Normans and Saxons]] in the centuries after the Norman Conquest -- an antagonism which, at that date, is highly [[AnachronismStew anachronistic]] (one might call it a sort of [[HollywoodHistory Holyrood History]]) and largely the product of Scott's teeming imagination. In the face of severe criticism by his own contemporaries on this and other historical inaccuracies, Scott himself admitted, "It is extremely probable that I may have confused the manners of two or three centuries," but [[MST3KMantra comforted himself]] that "errors of this kind will escape the general class of readers." (And to be fair, this romantic idea of early British history remained popular enough that Creator/ArthurConanDoyle used it 72(!) years later, in ''Literature/TheWhiteCompany'', which takes place centuries after the events of Ivanhoe). Despite the author's [[AuthorTract Whig history]] limitations and prejudices (which are [[WriterOnBoard evident]]), ''Ivanhoe'' is a stirring and colourful tale, with plenty of action, lovable heroes and heroines and hissable villains, and a real feeling for the genuine -- if ''extremely [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]]'' -- romance of TheHighMiddleAges.

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* DisneyVillainDeath: Happens to Front-de-Boeuf after the Black Knight stabs him.