The The The Wars of the Roses are not only a major inspiration for the events of a song of ice and fire, but also the dance of the dragons and lots of Martin's writing.

It's one of his favorite periods of history,

and this is not an obscure interest on his part.

The Wars of the Roses are an extremely popular period,

because the events that really happen make four excellent stories

as they happened without embellishment.

Of course, that hasn't stopped people from embellishing them.

George included, I mean, he's not retelling actual history, but he takes the most fun parts,

makes them more fun, more dramatic, more conflicting, maybe more bloody, what have you.

But there have been countless retellings and dramatizations of the Wars of the R.

R. Martin used it as an inspiration.

Shakespeare wrote eight, eight different plays on the Wars of the Roses,

because so many of the characters and events and were just that compelling,

and it, you know, encompasses a very

large amount of time over 30 years. And now other playwrights besides Shakespeare have as well,

it's hard to be as famous as him, but it's been done, not to mention books and movies, etc.

Pretty much everything. As vivid as the stories and as endless as the selections are, for our purposes,

it's just as important to note that the histories themselves, not just the stories, are highly

detailed and accurate. The end of the Wars of the Roses, which is 1487, it's debated when it

actually ends. Wars don't just ever come to a complete stop.

There's always things still happening, grievances, more context here and there.

But importantly in history, the end of the Wars of the Roses marks the end of the Middle Ages,

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