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I just started Ivanhoe and this picture is on the cover, which seems to depict Brian de Bois-Guilbert, a Norman Templar. Not to be indelicate but, why is he black? Am I missing something? Aren't the Normans white skinned? Is "the Normans" more like a faction that can be joined? But why, then, does heritage seem to also be so important to so many character

>> No.23423482

>>23423255
Can no one answer this? I'm genuinely curious and it's very difficult to find any kind of answer at all.

>> No.23423510

>>23423255
The templar is the one with the, you know, giant cross on his chest. Idiot.

>> No.23423621

>>23423510
The official description of the painting is "At the siege of the castle of Torquilstone the beautiful Rebecca, daughter of Isaac the Jew, is abducted by the Norman Templar, Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert." Why would it describe her as being abducted by the guy in the background rather than the dude who is literally holding her?

>> No.23423634

>>23423621
If a warlord orders his henchmen to abduct a maiden, he is still known as the abductor even if he isn’t the one who physically carries her off

>> No.23423650

>>23423621
He has saracens under his command. If you read the book you will find your answers.

>> No.23424196

>>23423255
Bois Guilbert has African slaves in the book