Ivanhoe and the Modern Middle Ages

Published: Oct. 16, 2021, 4 a.m.

b'(Lucy) How did Ivanhoe become a wildly popular school text? And what happened to the interpretation of the text when it did? Across the Anglophone world, Scott\\u2019s medieval England became reified as a time and place of chivalric adventure, despite the novel\\u2019s often ironic tone and often pointed social criticisms. This episode examines how Sir Walter Scott\\u2019s imagined past became something very different as it was reinterpreted in popular culture, in sometimes sinister ways.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nClick here for tips for\\xa0Teaching with Podcasts!\\xa0Or here to buy some\\xa0FH Merch!\\xa0We are now on\\xa0Youtube with accessible captions\\xa0checked by members of our team!\\nAnd you can find out how to support us through our\\xa0FH Patreon to help keep our content open access!'