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Rebecca is the daughter of Isaac of York. She is an uncommonly beautiful woman, whose grace and noble bearing impress everyone from noble Ivanhoe to Prince John and King Richard, the putative rulers of England, to the notoriously antisemitic Grand Master of the Templar Order, Lucas de Beaumanoir.
The difference between the two women really becomes apparent when Rebecca appears in Rowena's rooms in the final chapter of Ivanhoe. Technically, Rowena has "won": she is still wearing her wedding veil from her marriage to Ivanhoe.
When forced to unmask himself to receive his coronet (the sign of championship), Desdichado is identified as Wilfred of Ivanhoe, returned from the Crusades. This causes much consternation to Prince John and his court who now fear the imminent return of King Richard.
- Walter Scott
- 1820
Ivanhoe is a historical romance by Sir Walter Scott that was published in 1819. It concerns the life of Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a fictional Saxon knight, and is one of Scott’s most popular works.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
There’s just one small problem: Rowena has fallen in love with Cedric’s son, Wilfred of Ivanhoe. To get him out of the way so Rowena will marry Athelstane, Cedric banishes his own son from the kingdom.
As soon as Ivanhoe realizes that Rebecca is Jewish, his whole attitude toward her changes: But Ivanhoe was too good a Catholic to retain the same class of feelings towards a Jewess.
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After Rowena and Ivanhoe get married, Rebecca appears to Rowena to say good-bye. Rebecca plans to leave England and head to Spain, which is less prejudiced against Jews than England during this period in history. Rebecca wants to forget all about romance and dedicate her life to medicine.
