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** Granted, Ulrich's something of a NobleDemon; even the Poles recognize him as a [[WorthyOpponent just and chivalrous knight]] who just happens to be on the wrong side of the whole conflict.
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* HeirClubForMen: Averted with Queen Hedwig who inherited the throne from her father and was beloved by the nation. When she gives birth to a girl, everybody seems to be ready to accept the new princess as the heiress. Sadly, they both die.
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* BadassFamily: Zbyszko and his uncle Maćko. [[spoiler: Later, the family also includes Jurand as Zbyszko's father-in-law and ActionGirl Jagienka as Zbyszko's second wife]]. Also, Jagiełło and Witold who were first cousins.
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* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Historically, Witold was this to Jagiełło, but finally, he supported his cousin in the battle of Grunwald.
* TheGoodKing: Władysław Jagiełło. Also, Janusz of Mazovia (though not a king, just a duke) is a fair ruler and seriously invested in looking after Danusia.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Ulrich von Jungingen. While he is not a direct main villain of the book, he is the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and shows up for the final battle where he dies like he did in RealLife.
* TheGoodKing: Władysław Jagiełło. Also, Janusz of Mazovia (though not a king, just a duke) is a fair ruler and seriously invested in looking after Danusia.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Ulrich von Jungingen. While he is not a direct main villain of the book, he is the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights and shows up for the final battle where he dies like he did in RealLife.
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* GuileHero: While he is just as capable as Zbyszko in a fight, Maćko also seems to do the thinking for both of them. This is most evident when he tricks Jagienka's two hot-headed suitors into guarding her from each other while Zbyszko is away. Also prince Witold, [[TruthInTelevision true to history books]].
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* GuileHero: While he is just as capable as Zbyszko in a fight, Maćko also seems to do the thinking for both of them. This is most evident when he tricks Jagienka's two hot-headed suitors into guarding her from each other while Zbyszko is away. %% Also prince Witold, [[TruthInTelevision true to history books]].books]]. %% What makes Witold a Guile Hero?
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* ImprobableAge: Zbyszko. While Sienkiewicz did plenty of research for the book, he did less research for character ages. Eighteen is impossibly old for a squire, though in Zbyszko's defence his home was burned in a random civil war, and he and his uncle served in various armies.
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* ImprobableAge: Zbyszko.Eighteen is impossibly old for a squire like Zbyszko, though in Zbyszko's defence his home was burned in a random civil war, and he and his uncle served in various armies. While Sienkiewicz did plenty of research for the book, he did less research for character ages. Eighteen is impossibly old for a squire, though in Zbyszko's defence his home was burned in a random civil war, and he and his uncle served in various armies.
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* RightMakesMight: And UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights are not nearly as right as they think.
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Queen Hedwig. Note that she was canonized later in RealLife (but after Sienkiewicz's death).
* TrialByCombat: The most famous example in Polish literature.
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* [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe Ye Olde Polishe]]: A mild, tasteful example, but it's there.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: [[TearJerker Sadly]] (and historically) [[AvertedTrope averted]] for queen Hedwig - everyone's thrilled to hear she's expecting, but her DeathByChildbirth shatters the spirits of both her husband and the nation.
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** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] (again, true to history) by Jagiełło at Grunwald - he listened not to one, not to two, but to three Masses, just to keep the opponent sweating (literally - it was July) on the field a bit longer. This was a tactical thing.
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** "Unskilled" being relative here, as the narration describes in detail Zbyszko's patient, cautious way of fighting. He might not be a MasterSwordsman but he is obviously VERY good at fighting.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Zbyszko and Danusia
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* {{Plunder}}: That's how knights make a living. The CostumePorn best clothes]] Zbyszko and Maćko have are plundered.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: Jurand opposes to Zbyszko nad Danusia's marriage because he promised to God that the girl would be a nun. [[spoiler: However, when the two are married in secret, he finally accepts Zbyszko as his son-in-law and they work together for a while to free her from the Teutonic Knights.]]
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: Jurand opposes to Zbyszko nad and Danusia's marriage because he promised to God that the girl would be a nun. [[spoiler: However, when the two are married in secret, he finally accepts Zbyszko as his son-in-law and they work together for a while to free her from the Teutonic Knights.]]
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* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Historically, Witold was this to Jagiełło, but finally, he suppported his cousin in the battle of Grunwald.
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* TheJester: Ciaruszek, Jagiełło's jester, is very good at making people laugh and [[HonestAdvisor turning their attention to things that need to be attended]].
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* AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse: the Ornery Auroch inn where the story starts.
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* EyepatchOfPower: Jurand.Jurand starts the book as a fearsome warrior with one eye missing. [[spoiler:The Teutonic Knights burn away the other one.]]
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* BadassFamily: Zbyszko and his uncle Maćko. [[spoiler: Later, the family also includes Jurand as Zbyszko's father-in-law and ActionGirl Jagienka as Zbyszko's second wife ]]. Also, Jagiełło and Witold who were first cousins.
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* BadassFamily: Zbyszko and his uncle Maćko. [[spoiler: Later, the family also includes Jurand as Zbyszko's father-in-law and ActionGirl Jagienka as Zbyszko's second wife ]].wife]]. Also, Jagiełło and Witold who were first cousins.
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* DrivenToSuicide: One of the villains responsible for [[spoiler:Danusia's death and the blinding of Jurand]]is captured by the heroes and subsequently kills himself when Jurand [[CruelMercy orders him set free]].
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** One of the villains responsible for [[spoiler:Danusia's death and the blinding ofJurand]]is Jurand]] is captured by the heroes and subsequently kills himself when Jurand [[CruelMercy orders him set free]].
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** Granted, Ulrich's something of a NobleDemon; even the Poles recognize him as a [[WorthyOpponent just and chivalrous knight]] who just happens to be on the wrong side of the whole conflict.
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* BigBadassBattleSequence: Grunwald in the finale.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Danusia. Ends up as KillTheCutie]].
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The novel was written in partitioned Poland, with most Poles living under the rule of Russian Empire - one of Sienkiewicz's goals in writing ''The Knights of the Cross'' being to encourage and strengthen Polish national confidence against the occupying powers of [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic Austria]], [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany Prussia]], and [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]]. To circumvent Russian censorship, Sienkiewicz placed the plot in [[TheLateMiddleAges medieval]] UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} (region) and the State of the [[UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights Teutonic Order]]. He used offences (well known to his readers from the newspapers) perpetrated in his own time by the Russians to fill in the details.
The actual, historical [[WarriorMonk religious military]] order of UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights, which from the 13th to the 16th centuries controlled large parts of the Baltic Sea coast, and its defeat in the Battle of Grunwald[[note]] known in German historiography as Battle of Tannenberg (1410)[[/note]] by Poles and Lithuanians, serves as backdrop for the story, which also focuses extensively on medieval life and customs in both the cities and the rural part of medieval Poland.
The actual, historical [[WarriorMonk religious military]] order of UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights, which from the 13th to the 16th centuries controlled large parts of the Baltic Sea coast, and its defeat in the Battle of Grunwald[[note]] known in German historiography as Battle of Tannenberg (1410)[[/note]] by Poles and Lithuanians, serves as backdrop for the story, which also focuses extensively on medieval life and customs in both the cities and the rural part of medieval Poland.
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The novel was written in partitioned Poland, with most Poles living under the rule of the Russian Empire - one of Sienkiewicz's goals in writing ''The Knights of the Cross'' being to encourage and strengthen Polish national confidence against the occupying powers of [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic Austria]], [[UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany Prussia]], and [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]]. To circumvent Russian censorship, Sienkiewicz placed the plot in [[TheLateMiddleAges medieval]] UsefulNotes/{{Prussia}} (region) and the State of the [[UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights Teutonic Order]]. He used offences (well known to his readers from the newspapers) perpetrated in his own time by the Russians to fill in the details.
The actual, historical [[WarriorMonk religious military]] order of UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights, which from the 13th to the 16th centuries controlled large parts of the Baltic Sea coast, and its defeat in the Battle of Grunwald[[note]] known in German historiography as the Battle of Tannenberg (1410)[[/note]] by Poles and Lithuanians, serves as backdrop for the story, which also focuses extensively on medieval life and customs in both the cities and the rural part of medieval Poland.
The actual, historical [[WarriorMonk religious military]] order of UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights, which from the 13th to the 16th centuries controlled large parts of the Baltic Sea coast, and its defeat in the Battle of Grunwald[[note]] known in German historiography as the Battle of Tannenberg (1410)[[/note]] by Poles and Lithuanians, serves as backdrop for the story, which also focuses extensively on medieval life and customs in both the cities and the rural part of medieval Poland.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: [[TearJerker Sadly]] (and historically) [[AvertedTrope averted]] for queen Hedwig - everyone's thrilled to hear she's expecting, but her DeathByChildbirth shatters spirits of both her husband and the nation.
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: [[TearJerker Sadly]] (and historically) [[AvertedTrope averted]] for queen Hedwig - everyone's thrilled to hear she's expecting, but her DeathByChildbirth shatters the spirits of both her husband and the nation.
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The actual, historical [[WarriorMonk religious military]] order of TheTeutonicKnights, UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights, which from the 13th to the 16th centuries controlled large parts of the Baltic Sea coast, and its defeat in the Battle of Grunwald[[note]] known in German historiography as Battle of Tannenberg (1410)[[/note]] by Poles and Lithuanians, serves as backdrop for the story, which also focuses extensively on medieval life and customs in both the cities and the rural part of medieval Poland.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: TheTeutonicKnights are the [[ObviouslyEvil very obvious villains]] of the story.
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* BadassBoast: "Swords are aplenty in our camp, but we shall accept these." Yes, this is a BadassBoast, since it's delivered very calmly in answer to TheTeutonicKnights [[TrashTalk taunts]]. And followed by kicking their collective ass in battle.
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* BadassBoast: "Swords are aplenty in our camp, but we shall accept these." Yes, this is a BadassBoast, since it's delivered very calmly in answer to TheTeutonicKnights UsefulNotes/TheTeutonicKnights [[TrashTalk taunts]]. And followed by kicking their collective ass in battle.
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* TheLateMiddleAges: Their negative aspects are [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] for the Poles (for whom this was start of a Golden Age), but played straight for TheTeutonicKnights.
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* PropheciesAreAlwaysRight: Saint Bridget's prophecy of how TheTeutonicKnights are going to fall. (If you're thinking of starting a historical discussion now, please refrain - we'd be here forever).
* RightMakesMight: And TheTeutonicKnights are not nearly as right as they think.
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** [[AvertedTrope Averted (again, true to history) by Jagiełło at Grunwald - he listened not to one, not to two, but to three Masses, just to keep the opponent sweating (literally - it was July) on the field a bit longer. This was a tactical thing.
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** [[AvertedTrope Averted Averted]] (again, true to history) by Jagiełło at Grunwald - he listened not to one, not to two, but to three Masses, just to keep the opponent sweating (literally - it was July) on the field a bit longer. This was a tactical thing.
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* BadassFamily: Zbyszko and his uncle Maćko.[[spoiler: Later, the family also includes Jurand as Zbyszko's father-in-law and ActionGirl Jagienka as Zbyszko's second wife ]]. Also, Jagiełło and Witold who were first cousins.
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* BadassFamily: Zbyszko and his uncle Maćko. [[spoiler: Later, the family also includes Jurand as Zbyszko's father-in-law and ActionGirl Jagienka as Zbyszko's second wife ]]. Also, Jagiełło and Witold who were first cousins.
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* TheGoodKing: Władysław Jagiełło. Also, Janusz of Mazovia though not a king, just a duke, who is a fair ruler and is seriously invested in looking for Danusia.
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* GuileHero: While he is just as capable as Zbyszko in a fight, Maćko also seems to do the thinking for both of them. This is most evident when he tricks Jagienka's two hot-headed suitors into guarding her from each other while Zbyszko is away.Also prince Witold, TruthInTelevision.
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* GuileHero: While he is just as capable as Zbyszko in a fight, Maćko also seems to do the thinking for both of them. This is most evident when he tricks Jagienka's two hot-headed suitors into guarding her from each other while Zbyszko is away. Also prince Witold, TruthInTelevision.[[TruthInTelevision true to history books]].
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* HeirClubForMen: Averted with Queen Hedwig who inherited the throne from her father and was beloved by the nation. When she gives birth to a girl, everybody seems to be ready to accept the new princess as the heiress.[[spoiler: Sadly, they both die]].
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* WouldHurtAChild: The four Tetonic Knights who kidnapped Danusia. Also, the two who "inspired" them to do it- von Salzbach and Szomberg who supposedly killed prince Witold'children.
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* WouldHurtAChild: The four Tetonic Teutonic Knights who kidnapped Danusia. Also, the two who "inspired" them to do it- it - von Salzbach and Szomberg who supposedly killed prince Witold'children.Witold's children.
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* HappinnssInSlavery: Hlava, Zbyszko's squire who was [[MadeASlave captured by Zych of Zgorzelice]] in the battle of Bolesławiec and later given by Jagienka to Zbyszko. He is completely devoted to the two of them and Zbyszko later makes him the administrator of Spychów.
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* HappinnssInSlavery: HappinessInSlavery: Hlava, Zbyszko's squire who was [[MadeASlave captured by Zych of Zgorzelice]] in the battle of Bolesławiec and later given by Jagienka to Zbyszko. He is completely devoted to the two of them and Zbyszko later makes him the administrator of Spychów.