Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman "Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman" was shot in Barcelona Spain at Cardona's Castle and Cardona's Collegiate Church "Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman" was released on April 29, 1971. Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman () is a 1971 peplum film directed by Roberto Mauri. After the death of King Henry I in 12th-century England, the throne is taken by Stephen Cunningham who claims to possess the mythical "Sword of Normandy." A man named Ivanhoe returns from years in the Holy Land knowing that Henry I's son, the rightful heir to the throne, died in the Crusades, and that Cunningham's sword
The Last of England (painting) family. Although Ford Madox Brown was never a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, "The Last of England", like many of his paintings, exhibits all the characteristics of the movement. The painting depicts a man and his wife seeing England for the last time. The two main figures, based on Brown and his wife, Emma, stare ahead, stony-faced, ignoring the white cliffs of Dover which can be seen disappearing behind them in the top right of the picture. The family's clothing indicates that they are middle class, and so they are not leaving for the reasons that would force the emigration