Read the historical fact.

in medieval england, there was great tension between the saxons and the normans.

when reading ivanhoe, it is to know this fact because it explains

a. why many of the knights show indifference.
b. why lady rowena is the queen of the day.
c. why there is tension between the two sides in the tournament.
d. why the people of the tournament defer to prince john.

Published in 1849, by was inspired by the writer's experience of being arrested when he refused to pay a $1 poll tax as a protest against the mexican-american war.

Abig hazard on road paragrph writing

What can be inferred from the following sentence in the passage? then he asked me my name. scarcely had i uttered it when he made a gesture of astonishment. a) the sentence implies that the attendant knows the colonel. b) the sentence implies that the colonel is giving up on life. c) the sentence implies that the attendant is going to get fired. d) the sentence implies that the colonel recognizes the attendant's name.