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Section I, Introduction, Dedicatory Epistle and chapters 1 through 2

• Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott combines history with fiction to create a tale of chivalry and oppression.

• In England, the Norman royalty controls the Saxon population.

• On his way back from the Crusades in the Holy Land, King Richard the Lion-Hearted is captured and held for ransom.

• Prince John usurps King Richard's power. Richard was a fair ruler, whereas John demeans the Saxons and steals their land.
• Gurth and Wamba discuss the battle brewing between the Normans and the Saxons.

• Wamba worries about the pending visit of a Normal nobleman, Reginald Front-de-Boeuf to his master, Cedric the Saxon.

• Two horsemen ask Gurth and Wamba directions to Cedric the Saxon's home. Wamba gives the men false directions and the end up at the Sunken Cross.

• The horsemen encounter a stranger, a palmer who shows them the way to Cedric the Saxon's...

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