Is Alicent Hightower the Red Witch Melisandre from Game of Thrones?
One of the most important characters of House of the Dragon is Alicent Hightower, who became queen consort to King Viserys Targaryen and is Princess Rhaenyra’s biggest enemy in the Targaryen civil war….
Daemon vs. Aemond: Who Is the Stronger Dragonrider & A Better Fighter?
Two of the most important figures in the House of the Dragon’s impending Dance of the Dragons, which is the Targaryen civil war, are Daemon Targaryen and his nephew, Aemond…
Game of Thrones: why hasn’t Westeros had an industrial revolution?
Westeros, the primary location of Game of Thrones, has much in common with Western Europe of the middle ages. Its technology is similar, society is feudal and…
Game of Thrones was about the horror of fossil fuels all along
I have eagerly awaited the final season of Game of Thrones, and its strange blend of fictive medieval Britain, supernatural monsters and pornography. Over the seasons the…
‘House of the Dragon’ was inspired by a real medieval dynastic struggle over a female ruler
In three decades of teaching medieval European history, I’ve noticed my students are especially curious about the intersection of the stories told in class and the depictions…
Ambition, greed and death: the Roman roots of ‘Game of Thrones’
Although the universe of Game of Thrones is steeped in a medieval atmosphere, several of the central in the series – Daenerys Targaryen, Joffrey Baratheon and Jon Snow – seem…
Bridgerton has a r**e scene, but it’s not treated like one
Bridgerton wants to explore consent while it ignores its own glaring consent issue.Bridgerton, Shonda Rhimes’s first collaboration with Netflix, may be a sumptuous, scandal-laced frolic through Regency…
Bridgerton – how period dramas made audiences hate the corset
When you think of a corset, you might imagine period drama dames sucking in as they cling onto a bedpost as a feisty lady’s maid aggressively laces…
‘Whales died so women could look like this’: what shows like Bridgerton get wrong about whalebone and corsetry
The hotly anticipated prequel to the popular Bridgerton series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, has just been released on Netflix. The Bridgerton writers have once again taken aim at…
‘Bridgerton’ costume designer spent $80,000 on costumes and created 1,800 dresses for season 1
A “Bridgerton” producer said in a new behind-the-scenes book that the show’s costume designer created 1,800 dresses and spent $80,000 on costumes for the first season. In…