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Game of Thrones and Late Medieval Politics

Tides of History

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The Importance of Legitimacy in Game of Thrones

"There's a realism there, right? You know, I think Martin. Thrones has a really, I mean, one of the things that is so funky about the political analysis that goes on in Game of Thrones is that divinity is real," he says. "The way that the show's answers those questions says a lot about how Martin and the writers of the TV show view the world."

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