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‘House of the Dragon’ was inspired by the chaos of the Middle Ages, a world without law and order

  • Written by David Routt, Adjunct Professor of History, University of Richmond
imageDaemon Targaryen, played by Matt Smith, finds himself in the middle of an internecine struggle between two warring families.Ollie Upton/HBO

Students in my medieval history courses often wonder whether historical reality can be gleaned from medieval cinematic fantasy.

I tell them that fantasy does not aspire to historical verisimilitude. But it can...

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