History Literature / ArnTheKnightTemplar

--> Your father killed my father. I killed yours. Let it end here. Give me your crown and return to Denmark in peace.
** A source of friction between Cecilia Rosa and her friend Ulvhilde. Cecilia is betrothed to Arn, who was responsible for maiming (and, Ulvhilde believes, killing) her father, Emund Wolfbane. When Arn comes home, he gets to explain; when he maimed Emund he was a sixteen-year-old boy answering an insult to his family while trying to keep everyone involved, ''including Emund'', alive, and taking Emund's sword-hand was the best he could do. When it came to the killing of Emund, a completely separate incident, his friends were involved, and Arn was at the crime scene but purposefully kept out of the actual killing and sent home before Emund died.

** To international audiences a large portion of the cast would be much more recognisable in 2016 than in the early 2000's. Micheal Nyqvist had yet to appear in John Wick or Mission Impossible, Sofia Hellin had not appeared in Bron|Broen, Gustaf Skarsgård had not become Floki, little Bill Skarsgård had not shown up in [[HemlockGrove Hemlock Grove]] and Martin Wallström had not been in Mr. Robot.

* RetroactiveRecognition: To Swedish Audiences, [[TheBridge Sofia Hellin]], [[SuicideSquad Joel Kinnaman]], [[MrRobot Martin Wallström]] and Valter Skarsgård where not well known when they appeared in this film, getting their breaks a few years later.

* RetroactiveRecognition: To Swedish Audiences, [[TheBridge Sofia Hellin]], [[Joel Kinnaman Robocop]], [[MrRobot Martin Wallström]] and Valter Skarsgård where not well known when they appeared in this film, getting their breaks a few years later.

** To international audiences a large portion of the cast would be much more recognisable in 2016 than in the early 2000's. Micheal Nyqvist had yet to appear in John Wick or Mission Impossible, Sofia Hellin had not appeared in Bron|Broen, Gustaf Skarsgård had not become Floki, little Bill Skarsgård had not shown up in [[HemlockGrove]] and Martin Wallström had not been in Mr. Robot.

%%* RedshirtArmy: USefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar.

''Arn: The Knight Templar'' is a series of books by Swedish author Jan Guillou, also known as The Crusades Trilogy, and a film (or two, in Scandinavia; it was condensed to one international release) telling the story of a young man who finds himself as one of TheKnightsTemplar as penance after falling in love with and bedding Cecilia, and conceiving a child out of wedlock. From his beginnings as a [[WarriorMonk child monk being trained in the sword]] to befriending Saladin, we get a snapshot of his entire life. While much of the film takes place during UsefulNotes/TheCrusades, it also takes much time out to elaborate on Arn's past and Cecilia's current penance as well as the sociopolitical climate in the kingdom that one day will be UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}}.

* TheKnightsTemplar, obviously.

* RedshirtArmy: TheKnightsTemplar

''Arn: The Knight Templar'' is a series of books by Swedish author Jan Guillou, also known as The Crusades Trilogy, and a film (or two, in Scandinavia; it was condensed to one international release) telling the story of a young man who finds himself as one of TheKnightsTemplar as penance after falling in love with and bedding Cecilia, and conceiving a child out of wedlock. From his beginnings as a [[WarriorMonk child monk being trained in the sword]] to befriending Saladin, we get a snapshot of his entire life. While much of the film takes place during TheCrusades, it also takes much time out to elaborate on Arn's past and Cecilia's current penance as well as the sociopolitical climate in the kingdom that one day will be UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}}.

''Arn: The Knight Templar'' is a series of books by Swedish author Jan Guillou, also known as The Crusades Trilogy, and a film (or two, in UsefulNotes/{{Scandinavia}}; it was condensed to one international release) telling the story of a young man who finds himself as one of TheKnightsTemplar as penance after falling in love with and bedding Cecilia, and conceiving a child out of wedlock. From his beginnings as a [[WarriorMonk child monk being trained in the sword]] to befriending Saladin, we get a snapshot of his entire life. While much of the film takes place during TheCrusades, it also takes much time out to elaborate on Arn's past and Cecilia's current penance as well as the sociopolitical climate in the kingdom that one day will be UsefulNotes/{{Sweden}}.

''Arn: The Knight Templar'' is a series of books by Swedish author Jan Guillou, also known as The Crusades Trilogy, and a film (or two, in Scandinavia; it was condensed to one international release) telling the story of a young man who finds himself as one of TheKnightsTemplar as penance after falling in love with and bedding Cecilia, and conceiving a child out of wedlock. From his beginnings as a [[WarriorMonk child monk being trained in the sword]] to befriending Saladin, we get a snapshot of his entire life. While much of the film takes place during TheCrusades, it also takes much time out to elaborate on Arn's past and Cecilia's current penance as well as the sociopolitical climate in the kingdom that one day will be Sweden.

* GreenEyedMonster: Cecilia's sister, Katarina. When she learns that Arn fell in love with and slept with Cecilia after having rejected her, Katarina outs her to Mother Rikissa for sleeping with a man out of wedlock and lies about sleeping with him herself.

* GreenEyedMonster: Cecilia's sister, Katarina. When she learns that Arn fell in love with and slept with Cecilia after having rejected her, Katarina outs her to Mother Rikissa and lies about sleeping with him herself.

* SmallCharacterHugeImpact: Cecilia's jealous sister only have a few appearances, but is the cause of Cecilia and Arn being separated for 20 years, Cecilia having to serve in a convent while Arn is forced into service in the Holy Land.

* SmallCharacterLargeImpact: Cecilia's jealous sister only have a few appearances, but is the cause of Cecilia and Arn being separated for 20 years, Cecilia having to serve in a convent while Arn is forced into service in the Holy Land.

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: The Swedes are multicultural, allowing people of diffrent race and religion living in their country in the 13th century. No one complains or raises a question.

* GreenEyedMonster: Cecilia's sister, Katarina. When she learns that Arn fell in love with and slept with Cecilia after having rejected her, she outs her to Mother Rikissa and lies about sleeping with him herself.

* IAmXSonOfY.: Ubiquitous due to the setting, but becomes significant in one case, namely that of Bengt Elinsson. Bengt was born Bengt Svantesson, but his father was an abusive drunk, who even killed Bengt's mother Elin in a drunken rage. After Elin's death is avenged by her clansmen (including Arn), Bengt sheds his father's clan colors and name and chooses to identify himself as his mother's son.

** IAmXSonOfY.: Bengt Elinsson. Bengt was born Bengt Svantesson, but his father was an abusive drunk, who even killed Bengt's mother Elin in a drunken rage. After Elin's death is avenged by her clansmen (including Arn), Bengt sheds his father's clan colors and name and chooses to identify himself as his mother's son.

* Patronymic: Ubiquitous. There is a chapter about Bengt Elinsson and his adoption of a matronymic. Bengt's father was an abusive drunk, who even killed Bengt's mother Elin in a drunken rage. After Elin's death is avenged by her clansmen (including Arn), Bengt sheds his father's clan colors and name and takes his mother's name and is accepted into her clan.