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Friar Tuck

Friar Tuck  

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Literature
A member of Robin Hood's company, a fat and jovial friar who despite his order is noted for his pugnacity.
historical fiction

historical fiction  

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The origins of the British historical novel are congenital with those of the Gothic novel, in the larger‐than‐life conceptions of Elizabethan and ‘heroic’ Restoration drama. Deeper roots can be ...
Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe   Quick reference

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)

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2006
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Language reference, History of English, Literature, Literary theory and cultural studies
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the hero of Scott's novel (1819) of that name, a knight of noble Saxon lineage at the time of the Crusades; he becomes a friend and supporter of Richard the Lionheart, despite the ... More
Little John

Little John  

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One of the companions of Robin Hood in the legends relating to that outlaw. He was a sturdy yeoman and a skilled archer, originally called John Little. He figures in Sir W. Scott's Ivanhoe.
Rebecca and Rowena

Rebecca and Rowena  

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A humorous sequel by Thackeray to Scott's Ivanhoe, in which Ivanhoe tires of domestic life with Rowena, and after various comic vicissitudes is reunited with Rebecca.
Rebekah

Rebekah  

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Religion
Wife of the patriarch Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, her twins born after twenty years of marriage. She contrived to get Jacob, her favourite, to receive the dying Isaac's blessing at the ...
Richard I

Richard I  

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(1157–99),king of England (1189–99). Richard has attracted legends in a way that bees are proverbially attracted to the honey‐pot. The process began in his own lifetime. Already, by 1199, the epithet ...
Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott  

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 (1771–1832) Scottish poet and novelist.Although he suffered a major financial setback when his publisher, Constable, failed in 1826, he was arguably the most influential figure in 19th-century ...

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