Wars of national liberation inspire history in a bardic register.
Kate Beaton draws comics inspired by history or literature.
I was inspired by history – revolutions and the fall of dynasties, the civil rights movement, the bubonic plague.
"We have been saying the same thing from the start: This is a fiction inspired by history," Reuters last month quoted Ms. Okay as saying.
Because they conjure up so vividly the worlds people have inhabited and imagined, maps have inspired great history books, including some wonderful accounts of cartography.
If I was in their shoes I would struggle to decide on the right course, but I think I would be inspired by history.
This fall the two actors will reunite on Broadway - as co-stars - for another play inspired by history, Katori Hall's drama "The Mountaintop," about Dr. Martin Luther King on the night before his assassination.
"Checked cloths can be seen worn by fisherfolk in the Newlyn paintings of the 1880s and 1990s, so it is inspired by history" says Davey, "but modern tartan was invented in the 1960s.
Some have dived into flooded underworlds; others, inspired by history, have retraced the routes of the past; and large areas of challenging territory have been crossed on foot, or by bike or motorised paraglider.
Dixon claimed that the idea of a seer was inspired by history and the Bible.
I'm still going to be inspired by history, culture and colours.
