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This is the film’s most divisive feature and its greatest strength. A Knight’s Tale is not trying to be historically accurate. Instead, it argues that the spirit of medieval competition is identical to modern sports culture. A Knight-s Tale
"Hope guides me. It is what gets me through the day and especially the night." — A recurring theme of the film. Real History : While the movie is intentionally anachronistic, Ulrich von Liechtenstein was a real 13th-century German knight and poet. The Guardian Chaucer's Original "The Knight's Tale" The Canterbury Tales Fans of The Princess Bride , Gladiator (if