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The fact that oak trees—symbolic of native (Saxon) Englishness—surround the tournament field suggests that the Norman challengers—especially Front-de-Boeuf and Malvoisin, who have been terrorizing the local area—will face defeat and rebuke for their abuse of power.
Ivanhoe – disguised as the Disinherited Knight – takes part in the tournament, defeating Sir Brian Bois-Guilbert among others, and as champion is asked to name the Queen of Love and Beauty.
Chapter 9 Summary. The Disinherited Knight, having won the tournament's first event, declines to remove his helmet to receive his prize. For reasons of his own, he does not wish to reveal his ...
Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Anglo-Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father for Sir Wilfred's allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart.
Besides, he points out, a single Saxon defeated Malvoisin, De Bracy, Brian, Front-de-Boeuf, and others that very day. Cedric lists his reasons for disinheriting Ivanhoe, which boil down to disapproving of Ivanhoe’s attempts to assimilate.
The cultured self-view we can obtain from reading Ivanhoe critically is extraordinary. Scott’s medieval England is an artificial society built on assumptions and stereotypes. It’s well enough executed and long enough in our own past so that we can see ourselves in it.
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Climax: Ivanhoe defeats Sir Brian in judicial combat, thus saving Rebecca from being burned at the stake, and Richard reveals himself and reclaims the English throne. Antagonist: Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Prince John, Lucas de Beaumanoir. Point of View: Third Person.
