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IVANHOE
Compare historical and fictional elements
Ivanhoe takes place during the crucial historical moment just after Richard's landing in England, before the king has revealed himself to the nation.
the narrator's comments on his sources for the story, and how other historians have written about it. Since the story and the fictional author's comments on it are largely fictional, they must be considered part of the novel. Scott uses this interplay to explore how historians write about history versus how he does it. Part of this is to juxtapose an emotionless, fact-based narration of history (the Dryasdust method) with Scott's fictionalized but also humanized version. This view is clearly introduced in the dedicatory epistle.
Plot connected to the historical facts
The oak tree in Ivanhoe symbolizes strength, resilience, freedom, and Englishness.
Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood's world is a microcosm of a successful society in which everyone is decent and industrious. Although the men of the forest are called outlaws, theirs is a stable self-government whose citizens are selflessly devoted to its preservation.
Ivanhoe, historical romance by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819. It concerns the life of Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a fictional Saxon knight.
But Scott also offers some insight into how historians rewrite history. For example, in Chapter 12 he mentions that the bloody tournament joust at Ashby was dubbed by historians "the Gentle and Joyous Passage of Arms of Ashby." And in the final chapters he passes historical judgment on Richard the Lionheart for his poor performance as king of England.
The Ivanhoe character Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert is a powerful and skilled Templar knight with ambition to move up the chain of command to the very top. In Ivanhoe readers meet a fictional grand master of the Templars whose power and sense of obligation to the order has overcome his humanity.
Some characters are fiction and from another tales
imaginary heroes
CHARACTERS
Lady Rowena
Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Rebecca
Brian de Bois-Guilbert
Isaac of York
Reginald Front-de-Boeuf
Maurice de Bracy
FICTIONAL
King Richard I
Cedric the Saxon
Prince John
Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men
Athelstane
HISTORICAL
THEMES
King Richard helped to Ivanhoe in the tournament
Brian de Bois-Guilbert appointment to fight for the Templar
Ivanhoe entered to tournament at Ashby de-la Zouche
FICTIONAL
Conflict between Jews and Christians
Conflict between Normans and Saxons
Prince John intention to steel the Saxon land
HISTORICAL
SETTINGS