Medievalism in Game of Thrones

Readings
1 - http://history-behind-game-of-thrones.com/historical-periods/theon-the-
castrated-viking

Question: How does the construction of masculinity here interact with the
treatment and depiction of women in the series? Does Martin have a ‘medieval’
attitude to sex?

2 - http://www.palgrave-
journals.com/pmed/journal/v5/n1/full/pmed201341a.html

Questions: Why do we ‘dream of the Middle Ages’ (Eco)? Is (neo)medievalism:

banal? nefarious? productive critique? complicit appropriation?

Further reading:
https://www.uni-
due.de/imperia/md/content/perspicuitas/bibliografie__utz.pdf (107-page
bibliography!)

http://history-behind-game-of-thrones.com (short articles on various periods)

https://cmrs.osu.edu/game-of-thrones (conference)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/medieval-literature-scholar-see-game-
thrones/ (video)

http://www.historytoday.com/blog/2014/06/game-thrones-norman-conquest-
and-political-violence (Norman Conquest)

http://www.palgrave-journals.com/pmed/archive/2014_issues.html
(Postmedieval journal issue)

http://www.salon.com/2012/04/04/the_real_life_inspirations_for_game_of_thro
nes/ (magazine article)

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/medieval-reading-for-our-favorite-game-of-thrones-
characters/ (bibliography)

http://www.medievalrobots.org/2013/03/game-of-thrones-is-better-on-tv.html
(academic use)

http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/The_Known_World (info)

http://www.medievalarchives.com/tag/game-of-thrones/ (digital)

http://www.themarysue.com/sexism-in-historical-fantasy/ (gender)