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In making his titular hero the son of a Saxon lord, Scott casts the Normans into the role of villains, with Ivanhoe – his name probably suggested by the song ‘Tring, Wing, and Ivinghoe’, about places in Buckinghamshire, England – representing the authentic English hero.
- Sir Walter Scott – Interesting Literature
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Ivanhoe, Sir...
- Sir Walter Scott – Interesting Literature
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.
- Walter Scott
- 1820
Ivanhoe, historical romance by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819. It concerns the life of Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a fictional Saxon knight. Despite the criticism it has received because of its historical inaccuracies, the novel is one of Scott’s most popular works.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In the tournament on the following day, Ivanhoe is pressed hard by three antagonists, but he receives unexpected help from a knight in black, whom the spectators call the Black Sluggard...
Ivanhoe is a Saxon knight who supports the Norman king, Richard the Lionheart, in his struggle against his brother, Prince John, and the Templar knight, Brian de Bois-Guilbert. The novel’s major themes include the conflict between Saxons and Normans and the tension between Christianity and Judaism.
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The England of the story is racked with dissension. The ruling nobility, including the crusading King Richard, are Norman conquerors. A small number of the defeated Saxon nobility remains to...
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