Ivanhoe is Walter Scott’s most famous excursion into English medievalism: part pageant, part moral romance, and part antiquarian essay. Its theatrical scenes (tilt-yards, sieges, trials by combat) sit beside pointed reflections on identity, religious prejudice, and the uneasy reconciliation of Saxon and Norman England. The book is at once intoxicatingly vivid and uneven — grand … Continue reading The Adaptable Educator’s Book Review – Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
The New Renaissance Mindset 