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Monthly Archives: June 2015

A Rose by any Other Name – Which Westerosi War is the Wars of the Roses?

June 21, 2015by swedishpianist

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone familiar with both George R.R. Martin’s stories and Medieval English history that the wars of Westeros draw heavily from the battles of […]

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Medieval history

Inspiring Order: The Night’s Watch a Teutonic Inspiration

June 18, 2015by daveofthrones

George R.R. Martin is known for creating his characters and organizations within A Song of Ice and Fire from a historical basis. While it is known that Martin never uses […]

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Travellers and Chroniclers of the Known and Unknown World

June 18, 2015by bmagolon

The concept of going on an adventure, then writing about it is not a new one. People start by travelling for the sake of exploration, expanding our known world to encompass more. Once this is done the next step is for people who have the need for adventures to go on them, and experience what these newly explored lands have to offer, and sometimes more.

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Baelor the Blessed and the Role of Historical Counterparts in the World of Ice and Fire

June 18, 2015by leahmolto

Of the seventeen Targaryen kings to have sat the Iron Throne in George R.R. Martin’s World of Ice and Fire, Baelor the Blessed was by far the most pious1, almost […]

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Maesters and their Place-sters: The Scientist-Historians of Westeros

June 18, 2015by chrisbishopayy

MAESTERS WHERE DID THE MAESTERS COME FROM?         The Order of Maesters was originally just a group of learned individuals who came together in Oldtown at Hightower […]

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Ancient studies, Fan studies, Medieval culture, Medieval history, Politics and economics, Television studies

Kingship in the Game of Thrones with “medieval” Comparisons

June 17, 2015by tilimack

Introduction: The Game of Thrones is a popular television series that adapted George R. R. Martin’s book series, The Game of Thrones. Whoever sits on the Iron Throne controls all […]

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Potential Medieval Influences on the Character of Margaery Tyrell

June 16, 2015by groupalphainfinity

The most obvious parallel between George R. R. Martin’s Margaery Tyrell  is the character of Anne Boleyn. This association is perhaps most obvious because of Natalie Dormer’s onscreen depiction of […]

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Debt is a Pit: The Economics of the World of Ice and Fire

June 16, 2015by flor2550

In Game of Thrones, Daenerys’ teenage dragons are not the only dragons out of control but the golden ones as well. There is a constant reminder from various characters especially […]

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Politics and economics

No Ordinary Woman: Historical Inspirations Behind the Mother Of Dragons

June 16, 2015by meghansinglehurst sing2730

George R.R. Martin’s fantasy world, A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s television adaptation Game of Thrones has reached the attention of millions creating a worldwide phenomenon that has […]

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Medieval history

Power is Power: Inspirations for Cersei Lannister

June 16, 2015by rachelfurlan

Cersei Lannister is known in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones as the villainous, power hungry, incestuous Queen Regent of Westeros. Cersei’s character is extremely intricate […]

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Medieval culture, Medieval history

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