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Referenced when discussing the Southern self-image and Lost Cause mythology. Dominic describes the romantic Southern imagery as 'Cod Walter Scott, Ivanhoe stuff' - referring to how the South fashioned itself after romantic medieval notions of chivalry from Scott's novels.

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Described as 'probably the key fictional work that helps to generate the myth.' Referenced for introducing the archery contest with splitting the arrow, and the rivalry between Anglo-Saxons and Normans.

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Listed alongside Lord of the Rings as part of a continuum of Victorian historical evocations of the Middle Ages that influenced how people think about the medieval past

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Referenced in discussion about the idea of division between Normans and English, and how this mythology influenced perceptions of class in England

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Described as influential for establishing idea of medieval England as Saxons vs Normans