The story takes place in ancient Greece. Palamon and Arcite, two cousins from Thebes, have been captured and imprisoned by Duke Theseus of Athens. From their prison cell, they both see Emily, the Duke's sister-in-law, fall in love with her and immediately begin fighting over her. Several years later, Arcite having been released from prison and Palamon having escaped, the two meet again in Athens and agree to fight a duel over Emily. The duel is interrupted by Duke Theseus who arranges for a tournament to be held between Palamon and Arcite, each accompanied by a hundred knights one year later. Emily will be married to the winner of the tournament. Before the tournament, Palamon prays to Venus that he may marry Emily and Arcite prays to Mars that he may have victory in the tournament. Venus
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| - The story takes place in ancient Greece. Palamon and Arcite, two cousins from Thebes, have been captured and imprisoned by Duke Theseus of Athens. From their prison cell, they both see Emily, the Duke's sister-in-law, fall in love with her and immediately begin fighting over her. Several years later, Arcite having been released from prison and Palamon having escaped, the two meet again in Athens and agree to fight a duel over Emily. The duel is interrupted by Duke Theseus who arranges for a tournament to be held between Palamon and Arcite, each accompanied by a hundred knights one year later. Emily will be married to the winner of the tournament. Before the tournament, Palamon prays to Venus that he may marry Emily and Arcite prays to Mars that he may have victory in the tournament. Venus
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| - The story takes place in ancient Greece. Palamon and Arcite, two cousins from Thebes, have been captured and imprisoned by Duke Theseus of Athens. From their prison cell, they both see Emily, the Duke's sister-in-law, fall in love with her and immediately begin fighting over her. Several years later, Arcite having been released from prison and Palamon having escaped, the two meet again in Athens and agree to fight a duel over Emily. The duel is interrupted by Duke Theseus who arranges for a tournament to be held between Palamon and Arcite, each accompanied by a hundred knights one year later. Emily will be married to the winner of the tournament. Before the tournament, Palamon prays to Venus that he may marry Emily and Arcite prays to Mars that he may have victory in the tournament. Venus and Mars both agree to grant their requests. This causes a dispute between the two deities, until the god Saturn steps in and says that he will ensure that Arcite has his glory but that Palamon marries Emily. Modern readers may be surprised to notice that Emily herself has no say in the matter at all. "The Knight's Tale" served as the inspiration for the plays The Two Noble Kinsmen (believed to have been co-written by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare) and Palamon and Arcite by Richard Edwardes. The movie A Knight's Tale (in which Chaucer appears as a character) contains some references to The Canterbury Tales but has little connection to "The Knight's Tale" itself. The next tale in the collection is "The Miller's Tale", a bawdy comic tale which is very different from "The Knight's Tale" in both style and subject matter.
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