Ivanhoe has triumphed at the tournament and is now recovering in the care of Rebecca, who makes no secret of her feelings for him. There is much planning over the hand of Rowena.

Wamba enters Torquilstone as a priest to help Cedric escape. Locksley and the Outlaws lay siege to the castle which is set alight. Bois-Guilbert and Rebecca flee to Templestowe,while Ivanhoe and Isaac are rescued.

Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert has fallen in love with Rebecca. The Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Lucas de Beaumanoir, is consumed with anger and sends her to trial as a witch, her life is at stake if Ivanhoe does not hear of her plight.