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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.
- Sir Walter Scott – Interesting Literature
Ivanhoe, Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 novel set in late...
- Sir Walter Scott – Interesting Literature
He names Rowena the tournament’s Queen of Love and Beauty. He carries the field the second day as well, besting Sir Brian again with a little help from a mysterious Black Knight . When Prince John declares him the winner, the Disinherited Knight collapses from his injuries.
A group of Saxons and a band of outlaws led by Robin Hood rescue the captives, except for Rebecca, who is carried off to the Templars’ Preceptory of Templestowe, where the Templars accuse her of witchcraft. She demands a trial by combat and is saved by Ivanhoe, who wins the tournament.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The tournament in question happens at an unsettled moment in British history: enemies hold King Richard I captive abroad; at home, his younger brother Prince John plots and plans to extend Richard’s imprisonment and seize the throne for himself; the aristocracy rule over their lands like “petty tyrants,” and bands of rough outlaws rove ...
On the first day of the combat, the palmer, fighting as the Disinherited Knight, defeats all who oppose him, including de Bois-Guilbert. After his sequence of triumphs, the Disinherited Knight is allowed to choose the Queen of Love and Beauty for the following day of the tournament.
Because of his earlier triumphs during the day, Ivanhoe is again named champion of the tournament. To receive the gift from Lady Rowena, Ivanhoe removes his helmet, and when he does, he is...
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Deep in the forest, the mysterious Black Knight who helped Ivanhoe win the tournament comes upon a hermitage. He asks the hermit, who names himself the Clerk of Compmanhurst, for directions. The two men get along, and when the friar produces a wineskin, they spend the rest of the day drinking and singing together in the forest.
