Ivanhoe Questions and Answers

Walter Scott published Ivanhoe in 1820, partly in response to debates concerning the Habeas Corpus Suspension acts of 1817 and 1818 and the debates of the repeal of the Test and Corporation acts...

I found origins for Ivanhoe in Hebrew and Slavic.  Both were similar in meaning - "a form of John: Gracious gift from God. Ivanhoe is the medieval variant Sir Walter Scott used for the...