Game of Thrones: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Gone Medieval
History Hit
4.5 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Matt Lewis journeys into the world behind the latest story from the Game of Thrones universe, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, to discover how it illustrates that medieval history is far more colourful and spectacular than you might think.
After nerding out about the world created by George R.R. Martin with Dr. Eleanor Janega, Matt is joined by Dr Hugh Doherty, the show’s historical advisor, who worked with its writers to build a believable world of knights, codes, and clashing swords, bringing authentic medieval life to Westeros. They discuss what the show gets right — and why it matters.
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Gone Medieval is presented by Matt Lewis. Audio editor is Joseph Knight, the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
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| 0:00.0 | From long-lost Viking ships and kings buried in unexpected places to tales of murder, |
| 0:07.7 | power, faith, and the lives of ordinary people across medieval Europe and beyond. |
| 0:13.2 | Join me, Matt Lewis, Dr. Eleanor Jarniger and some of the world's leading historians, |
| 0:18.0 | as we bring history's most fascinating stories to life only on |
| 0:22.3 | History Hit. With your subscription, you'll unlock hundreds of hours of exclusive documentaries |
| 0:27.2 | with a brand new release every week exploring everything from the ancient world to World War II. |
| 0:33.6 | Just visit historyhit.com forward slash subscribe. |
| 0:40.3 | Hello, I'm Matt Lewis. |
| 0:42.2 | Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves into the greatest |
| 0:46.6 | millennium in human history. |
| 0:48.9 | We've got the most intriguing mysteries, the gobsmacking details and latest groundbreaking research from the |
| 0:56.0 | Vikings to the printing press, from kings to popes to the crusades. We cross centuries and |
| 1:01.6 | continents to delve into rebellions, plots and murders to find the stories big and small that |
| 1:08.0 | tell us how we got here. Find out who we really were with Gone Medieval. |
| 1:20.0 | The latest spin-off from the world of Restoros has been enthralling TV audiences, myself |
| 1:25.6 | included in recent weeks. The new series, A Night of the Seven |
| 1:29.3 | Kingdoms, is based on a series of novellas by George R.R.R. Martin that plunges audiences into the |
| 1:35.0 | brutal and ruthless world of Westeros politics. It follows Sir Duncan the Tall, a humble |
| 1:41.1 | hedge knight and his clever squire egg as they travel across Westeros. |
| 1:46.0 | And it's a quieter realm in this series, marked by political tension, fading of dragons, |
| 1:52.3 | and rigid feudal hierarchies. There are questions of chivalry, identity, and moral choices, |
| 1:58.1 | as small personal actions ripple into larger historical consequences. |
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