Queenship and the Women of Westeros
- Springer International Publishing
- 2019
- Gebunden
- 340 Seiten
- ISBN 9783030250409
Is the world of George R. R. Martin¿s A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO¿s Game of Thrones really medieval? How accurately does it reflect the real Middle Ages? Historians have been addressing these questions since the book and television series exploded into a cultural phenomenon. For scholars of medieval and early modern women, they offer a unique vantage point from which to study the intersections of elite women and popular understandings of the premodern world. This volume is a wide-ranging study of those intersections. Focusing on female agency and the role of advice, it finds a wealth of continuities and contrasts between the many
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