Queenship and the women of westeros : female agency and advice in Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire /

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 scholar...

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Other Authors: Benz, Lisa (Editor), Rohr, Zita Eva (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Queenship and power
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505 0 |a A Game of Thrones in China: the case of Cixi, Empress-Dowager of China (1835-1908) / James J. Hudson -- Queen of sad mischance: medievalism, "realism," and the case of Cersei Lannister / Kavita Mudan Finn -- Westerosi queens: medievalist portrayal of female power and authority in A Song of Ice and Fire / Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun -- "All I ever wanted was to fight for a lord I believed in. But the good lords are dead and the rest are monsters" : Brienne of Tarth, Jaime Lannister, and the chivalric "other" / Iain A. MacInnes -- The peaceweavers of Winterfell / Kris Swank -- Cersei Lannister, regal commissions, and the alchemists in Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire / Curtis Runstedler -- "All men must die, but we are not men": Eastern faith and feminine power in A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones / Mikayla Hunter -- Daenerys the Unready: advice and ruling in Meereen / Shiloh Carroll -- The royal minorities of Game of Thrones / Charles E. Beem -- Wicked women and the Iron Throne: the two-fold tragedy of witches as advisors in Game of Thrones / Sheilagh Ilona O'Brien -- Afterword: playing, winning and losing the Game of Thrones: reflections on female succession in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones in comparison to the Premodern Era / Elena Woodacre 
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