The Knight's Tale

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The Knight's Tale is a chivalric romance within Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales that recounts the rivalry of two knights for the love of a noblewoman in ancient Athens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canterbury Tale ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ
poetic narrative ⓘ
author Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
basedOn Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ
climaxEvent tournament between Palamon and Arcite for Emelye’s hand ⓘ
compositionDate late 14th century ⓘ
containsMotif divine intervention ⓘ
imprisonment and escape ⓘ
love at first sight ⓘ
trial by combat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
featuresCharacterOrigin Thebes ⓘ
featuresDeity Diana ⓘ
Mars ⓘ
Venus ⓘ
featuresEvent tournament organized by Theseus ⓘ
featuresRuler Duke Theseus of Athens ⓘ
linked to: Theseus
form rhymed couplets ⓘ
genre courtly love literature ⓘ
medieval narrative poetry ⓘ
romance ⓘ
includedInManuscript Ellesmere Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
literaryInfluenceOn English chivalric romance tradition ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle English literature ⓘ
linked to: Middle English
mainCharacter Arcite ⓘ
Emelye ⓘ
Palamon ⓘ
Theseus ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
narrativeFrame tale told by the Knight ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
openingEvent Theseus’s return to Athens after conquering Thebes ⓘ
partOf The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
plotSummary Two Theban knights, Palamon and Arcite, become rivals in love for Emelye and fight in a tournament arranged by Theseus. ⓘ
positionInFrame first tale in The Canterbury Tales sequence ⓘ
resolutionEvent marriage of Palamon and Emelye ⓘ
settingPlace ancient Athens ⓘ
linked to: Classical Athens
theme chivalry ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
fate and providence ⓘ
fortune ⓘ
friendship and rivalry ⓘ
order and chaos ⓘ

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The Canterbury Tales → includesTale → The Knight's Tale ⓘ
Teseida → influencedWork → The Knight’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale
The Two Noble Kinsmen → basedOn → The Knight’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale
Palamon → appearsIn → The Knight's Tale ⓘ
Palamon → originalTextTitle → The Knightes Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale
Arcite → appearsIn → The Knight’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale
Arcite → firstAppearance → The Knight’s Tale (within The Canterbury Tales) ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale
Harry Bailly → mentionedIn → The Knight’s Tale (framing passages) ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale
The Miller → followsInTaleOrder → The Knight’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale
Knight (The Canterbury Tales) → tellsTale → The Knight's Tale ⓘ
Emelye → appearsIn → The Knight’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale
Hengwrt Manuscript of The Canterbury Tales → associatedWork → Knight’s Tale ⓘ
linked to: The Knight's Tale