The Real History of A Knight's Tale | Video Essay
I may have gone a little overboard on this one.
A Knight’s Tale (2001) is a cheerfully anachronistic medieval sports movie. Whether you’re drawn in by the performances of Heath Ledger, Paul Bettany, Shannyn Sossamon, and Rufus Sewell or intrigued by the shattering lances of medieval tournaments and the historical setting of 14th-century Europe, this video is for you. It's a history video essay that covers the 100 Years War, checking in on the Battles of Sluys, Crécy and Poitiers, before digging into the origin and early history of knights, from the Roman Empire to Charlemagne. We explore questions like "how did you become a medieval knight?", going from page to squire to dubbing ceremony -- and beyond, into the average life of a knight. We learn about the value of different horses -- from destriers to palfreys and sumpters -- and how these were used both for jousting and for destructive horse raids such as the chevauchée. What were medieval tournaments actually like? Was chivalry a real thing and how did the medieval feudalist class system work? Meet the historical figures who inspired the movie, including Edward, the Black Prince, Geoffrey Chaucer, the legendary poet, and the real Ulrich von Lichtenstein himself. Join us as we uncover what life as a medieval knight was actually like!
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VOICE OVER QUOTES
Úna Roddy
Mark Bell
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
05:17 Part 1 - The 100 Years War
16:51 Part 2 - Life as a Knight
30:00 Part 3 - Knights at War
37:44 Part 4 - Chivalry
51:13 THE LANCE A LOT PODCAST
53:16 Part 5 - Tournaments
1:07:12 Part 6 - Ulrich von Lichtenstein
1:12:28 Part 7 - The Black Prince
1:19:26 Part 8 - Adhemar
1:26:59 GEOFFREY CHAUCER GEOFFREY CHAUCER GEOFFREY CHAUCER
SOURCES
“Tournaments: Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages” by Richard Barber and Juliet Barker
“The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones” by Thomas Asbridge
“A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century” by Barbara Tuchman
“A Great and Glorious Adventure: A Military History of the Hundred Years War” by Gordon Corrigan
"Chaucer” by Peter Ackroyd
MUSIC
“The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)” performed by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
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“Stomping Rock (Four Shots)” by AlexGrohl, used in accordance with the Pixabay Content License as defined in the Pixabay Terms of Service available at https://pixabay.com/service/terms/
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"Angevin", "Cold Funk", "East of Tunisia", “Evening”, “Folk Round”, “Hot Rock”, “Moorland”, “Take the Lead”, “Twisted”, “Virtutes Instrumenti”, “Pulse Rock”, “Chipper”, “Cool Rock”, “SCP-x4x”, “Riptide”, “Burn the World Waltz”, “Carefree”, “Wholesome”, “Hot Pursuit”
Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com/)
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