How can the reader conclude that the passage takes place in the medieval period?
Read the passage from Ivanhoe.
About the hour of ten o'clock, the whole plain was
crowded with horsemen, horsewomen, and foot-
passengers, hastening to the tournament, and shortly
after, a grand flourish of trumpets announced Prince
John and his retinue, attended by many of those knights
who meant to take share in the game, as well as others
who had no such intention. About the same time arrived Cedric the Saxon, with the
Lady Rowena, unattended, however, by Athelstane. This
Saxon lord had arrayed his tall and strong person in
armour, in order to take his place among the
combatants; and, considerably to the surprise of Cedric,
had chosen to enlist himself on the part of the Knight
Templar
O The passage portrays a group of people watching
public games.
O The passage portrays a public gathering sanctioned
by the church.
O The passage portrays a monarch ruling over a
division of social classes.
O The passage portrays common professions of the
middle class during the era.