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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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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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Power of the Costume to Evoke Medieval Nature in Game of Thrones

June 16, 2015by paez6210

Aside from the production design and the storyline, what truly captures the medievalism in HBO’s Game of Thrones, are the costume designs worn in every episode. Most audience viewers do […]

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The Tortoise and the Hare: An Exploration of the Race to the Finish Line Between George R R Martin and HBO

June 16, 2015by Jen Poole

The big question surrounding HBO’s Game of Thrones, bigger than Jon Snow’s parentage even, has always been – Can George R R Martin keep up?   Since the rumours were […]

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The Past Is Dark And Full Of Errors: An Examination Of Maester Historiography And Citadel Culture

June 16, 2015by eavero

The oldest histories we have were written after the Andals came to Westeros. The First Men only left us runes on rocks, so everything we think we know about the […]

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Comparing the Red Wedding to Historical Events

June 16, 2015by amin9930

I suggest playing the Rains of Castamere while reading this post What possible sources of inspiration within medieval history did George R Martin base the infamous red wedding on? How […]

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Women in Power: Challenges Faced by Queens in the World of Game of Thrones and Their Medieval Parallels

June 16, 2015by Sarah Rolko

Introduction As George R. R. Martin wrote in the first novel of the book series A Song of Ice and Fire, “when you play the game of thrones, you win […]

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