Queenship and the women of Westeros : female agency and advice in Game of Thrones and A song of ice and fire / edited by Zita Eva Rohr, Lisa Benz.
2020
PS3563.A7239
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Title
Queenship and the women of Westeros : female agency and advice in Game of Thrones and A song of ice and fire / edited by Zita Eva Rohr, Lisa Benz.
ISBN
9783030250416 (electronic book)
3030250415 (electronic book)
9783030250409
3030250407
3030250415 (electronic book)
9783030250409
3030250407
Published
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020].
Language
English
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10.1007/978-3-030-25041-6 doi
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PS3563.A7239
Dewey Decimal Classification
813.6
Summary
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 scholars of medieval and early modern women, they offer a unique vantage point from which to study the intersections of elite women and popular understandings of the premodern world. This volume is a wide-ranging study of those intersections. Focusing on female agency and the role of advice, it finds a wealth of continuities and contrasts between the many powerful female characters of Martin's fantasy world and the strategies that historical women used to exert influence. Reading characters such as Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, and Brienne of Tarth with a creative, deeply scholarly eye, Queenship and the Women of Westeros makes cutting-edge developments in queenship studies accessible to everyday readers and fans.-- Provided by publisher.
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Rohr, Zita Eva, editor.
Benz, Lisa, editor.
Benz, Lisa, editor.
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Queenship and power.
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