Tag: Parallel Lives

Scotland’s late medieval period was a Game of Thrones-like environment with powerful families fighting and scheming for power. A particularly notorious event - The Black Dinner - inspired GRRM to write the Red Wedding. We’ll examine all the gory details,...

Thanks to Shakespeare, a cadre of historians, television shows and the compelling nature of the actual events that transpired, the era of the Wars of the Roses is one of the most famous periods in all of western history. Primarily...

“How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” is a fun question that went viral in 2024, but in this episode we’re concerned more with how often GRRM thought about Rome (and not just the empire) when writing ASOIAF....

In this installment of our Parallel Lives series, we step outside of ASOIAF and real world history. We will compare and contrast the Blackfyres and the Mandalorians. We will look at their history, their culture, and more. Support Westeros History:...

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3 Heads of the Dragon meets the 3 Hounds of Clegane in a comparison of brutal men. Clues for the next episode are at the end.

Daemon and Achilles have quite a lot in common. At the end, there's trivia for the next Parallel Lives. Support Westeros History: https://bit.ly/howpatreon Subscribe for more Westeros History: http://bit.ly/1ZOxPCc