
Game of Thrones and Late Medieval Politics
Tides of History
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The Importance of Legitimate Claims
Edward IV of England took the throne as a tall, strapping, handsome 18-year-old. He drank and ate himself into obesity and an early grave. His death kicked off Richard III's usurpation where he kills the princes in the tower. And eventually that's who Henry Tudor kills to take the throne of England.
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