The great historical romance by Sir Walter Scott giving reality to twelfth-century England. The story of the disinherited Knight Ivanhoe and the fair Lady Rowena.
Magic is something unauthorised, an alternative perhaps, even a deliberate cultivation of dark, evil powers.
Presents the Anglo-Saxon period of English history from the fifth century up to the late eleventh century, covering such events as the spread of Christianity, the invasions of the Vikings, the composition of Beowulf, and the Battle of ...
Beowulf, the earliest surviving epic poem in any modern European language, and other old English poems.
Relates the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade.
Publisher Description
This book has been reissued in a format for students and teachers of history, literature, theology and Anglo-Saxon studies.