Excerpt from Ivanhoe So much for the sequence of facts The Society of the period is described as being (a) in a state of civil disorder (b) under the influence of the ideas and customs of chivalry; and (c) dependent on the wealth, but given to the persecution, of the Jews. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.