Game of Thrones and Late Medieval Politics
Tides of History
Audible / Patrick Wyman
4.7 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Surprise: Patrick loves Game of Thrones. Bigger surprise: GoT is actually a pretty accurate portrayal of late medieval politics - except for the dragons. Patrick's friend Albro Lundy, a very funny and smart TV writer, joins us to talk about it. Follow him on Twitter @bromanconsul.
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| 0:05.2 | If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't beaten paying attention. |
| 0:16.5 | Hi everybody, from Wondery, welcome to another episode of Tides of History. |
| 0:23.8 | As always, I'm your host, Patrick Weiman. |
| 0:25.8 | Thanks for joining me. |
| 0:27.4 | So this is probably fairly predictable to you, but I absolutely love Game of Thrones, |
| 0:31.8 | both the TV series and the books. |
| 0:33.5 | If you're telling me that we can have a gritty, quasi-realistic medieval setting with |
| 0:37.5 | nights and backstabbing politics and oh hell yeah, dragons, I'm in. |
| 0:41.7 | So now, how is all that relevant to us here on Tides of History? |
| 0:45.5 | You might be asking that question. |
| 0:46.9 | Well, the author of the book series, George R.R. Martin, very explicitly drew on the |
| 0:51.5 | late Middle Ages for inspiration, especially the Wars of the Roses. |
| 0:55.2 | Now in the process of doing that, Martin introduced a bunch of themes to his world that resonate |
| 0:59.4 | really strongly with the actual history of that period. |
| 1:02.7 | Since we've just spent a whole bunch of time on that here on Tides, I want to do a dress |
| 1:06.2 | it specifically. |
| 1:07.2 | So to help me do that, I've got a great guest here in the studio today. |
| 1:10.6 | He's a dear friend of mine. |
| 1:11.8 | He enjoys both Game of Thrones and History, which makes him the perfect person to discuss |
| 1:16.0 | this topic with. |
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