Game of thrones versus history :  written in blood / 
edited by Brian A. Pavlac. 
 - 1 online resource (xv, 293 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: The Winter of our Discontent / Brian A. Pavlac -- Kings, Queens, Knights and Strategy. High and Mighty Queens of Westeros / Kavita Mudan Finn -- A Machiavellian Discourse on Game of Thrones / Jacopo della Quercia -- Chivalry in Westeros / Steven Muhlberger -- Of Kings, their Battles, and Castles / Brian A. Pavlac -- Slaves, Barbarians, and Other Others. Barbarian Colonizers and Post-Colonialism in Westeros and in Britain / Shiloh Carroll -- The Eastern Question / Mat Hardy -- A Defense against the'Other': Constructing Sites on the Edge of Civilization and Savagery / Brian de Ruiter -- Slaves with Swords: Slave Soldiers in Essos and the Islamic World / Robert J. Haug -- Women and Children. Rocking Cradles and Hatching Dragons: Parents in Game of Thrones / Janice Liedl --'Oh, my sweet summer child': Children and Childhood in Game of Thrones / Helle Strandgaard Jensen and Magnus Qvistgaard -- Writing the Rules of their Own Game: Medieval Female Agency and Game of Thrones / Nicole M. Mares -- The Strength of Sansa Stark: A Representation of Female Agency in Late Medieval England / Danielle Alesi -- Religion. Continuity and Transformation in the Religions of Westeros and Western Europe / Don Riggs -- Religious Violence in Game of Thrones: An Historical Background from Antiquity to the European Wars of Religion / Maureen Attali -- Co-existence and Conflict in the Faith Landscapes of Game of Thrones / Daniel Clasby -- I Shall Take No Wife?: Celibate Societies in Westeros and Western Civilization / Kris Swank -- Background. By Whisper and Raven: Information and Communication in Game of Thrones / Giacomo Giudici -- What's in a Name? History and Fantasy in Game of Thrones / Sara L. Uckelman, Sonia Murphy, & Joseph Percer -- Setting up Westeros: the Medieval-esque World of Game of Thrones? / Gillian Polack. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781119249436 1119249430 9781119249450 1119249457 9781119249443 1119249449 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017-010143 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Martin, George R. R. Song of ice and fire. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Game of thrones (Television program)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History on television.<br/>Television and history--Europe.<br/>Literature and history--Europe.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1992.77.G35  / G37 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.45/72