EPISODE · Dec 16, 2024 · 3H 1M
The Real Life Red Wedding: The Black Dinner of Scotland
from History of Westeros (Game of Thrones) · host History of Westeros
Scotland’s late medieval period was a Game of Thrones-like environment with powerful families fighting and scheming for power. A particularly notorious event - The Black Dinner - inspired GRRM to write the Red Wedding. We’ll examine all the gory details, politics, battles and intrigues plus other parallels beyond Stark, Frey and Lannister to characters like Bittersteel, Blackfish, Aenys Blackfyre and Unwin Peake. VIPHOW20 - https://magicmind.com/VIPHOW20 - 20% off for one-time purchases and subscriptions. Bonus Eps & More - www.patreon.com/historyofwesteros Shirts & Stickers - historyofwesteros.threadless.com www.historyofwesteros.com Intro/Maps - https://klaradox.de Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/howfb Discord: https://bit.ly/howdiscord
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Scotland’s late medieval period was a Game of Thrones-like environment with powerful families fighting and scheming for power. A particularly notorious event - The Black Dinner - inspired GRRM to write the Red Wedding. We’ll examine all the gory details, politics, battles and intrigues plus other parallels beyond Stark, Frey and Lannister to characters like Bittersteel, Blackfish, Aenys Blackfyre and Unwin Peake. VIPHOW20 - https://magicmind.com/VIPHOW20 - 20% off for one-time purchases and subscriptions. Bonus Eps & More - www.patreon.com/historyofwesteros Shirts & Stickers - historyofwesteros.threadless.com www.historyofwesteros.com Intro/Maps - https://klaradox.de Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/howfb Discord: https://bit.ly/howdiscord
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