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December 29

Fiction with knights

King Arthur, Ivanhoe, that sort of thing. It is ok if there are wizards and dragons but that is not required. I thought of Star Wars (Jedi knights) but decided that doesn't count. I guess the fiction I'm thinking of will mostly be set in Britain, with the knights named Sir This or Sir That. Can anyone name some well known examples? Thanks. Female knights are fine too of course. 2601:648:8202:350:0:0:0:9435 (talk) 03:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Films: The Taylor-made version of Ivanhoe (Robert and Elizabeth) of course; Knights of the Round Table, who dance whenever they're able in Monty Python and the Holy Grail; the unspammed Camelot; Excalibur; The Adventures of Robin Hood. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:04, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Star Wars was inspired by the King Arthur stories. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:12, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Film: A Knight's Tale.

Poem: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.120.67 (talk) 06:28, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You may be looking for the fantasy genre known as sword and sorcery. The article contains a list of selected works. --Lambiam 12:00, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Fictional knights Card Zero (talk) 12:18, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Aha, that category sounds very helpful and I'll check it, and the other suggestions too. I'm more looking for literature than film. Lambiam, I'm aware of sword and sorcery (Michael Moorcock and Fritz Leiber were early favourites of mine) but I don't particularly remember those stories as specifically having knights. Of course I'm sure some of them do. Thanks everyone. 2601:648:8202:350:0:0:0:9435 (talk) 12:48, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Quick summary of that for your purposes:

Matter of Britain
Matter of France
Prince Valiant
Game of Thrones
Captain Tempesta the first female swordswoman in Italian popular fiction
Cormac Fitzgeoffrey
Floris (TV series) set in the Netherlands
Guy of Gisbourne Robin Hood's antagonist
Ortnit German
Timeline (novel) Card Zero (talk) 12:51, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Through the Looking-Glass has knights in it. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:00, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you're looking for fiction with knights dating back to the days when knights were still around, check out Tirant lo blanc. It starts off in England and is still very readable 500 some years after its initial publication. Xuxl (talk) 12:23, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you are interested in a foreigner (non-British) take on the general knight lore, you might like The Seven Deadly Sins (manga). It has been ported into many forms. Originally a comic (manga) form, there are also novels and telelvision shows. Some shows are strung together to make longer continuous movie-length shows. Overall, it is about knights, demons, and angels. There are giants and faries tossed in for good measure. For some reason, it also includes King Arthur and Merlin - but not the kind of Merlin you'd expect. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 15:45, 30 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some singing ones to serenade us into 2022. MarnetteD|Talk 02:43, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See also the musical-comedy TV series Galavant. --184.144.97.125 (talk) 03:38, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A lot closer to medieval source material is The Once and Future King by T. H. White. Alansplodge (talk) 15:21, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]