Game of Thrones: Lessons From History 

"It's hard to put a leash on a dog, once you've put a crown on its head." What an underrated quote.

“It’s just a matter of when and how spectacular Cersei’s downfall will be.” *gets buried by bricks*

About Lannister-Lancaster: LANnister and CASTERly rock

This. One of the reasons why I love game of thrones and GRRM so much is not only because of the complexity of the characters or the plot, but because it made people realise how interesting history actually is.

This has literally become my favorite channel on RU-vid so quickly. Such thoughtful analyses on so many different movies and shows. Thank you, it's a delight to watch.

In my opinion, *Cersei* is exactly like *Catherine de Medicis* , Queen Of France of 16th century. Catherine's children all died before her, she was one of the exceptions to become Queen because "la loi salique" forbade all women from sitting on the french throne. She was heavily involved in the Religious Wars of France, esp. in St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572 where she had the entire unarmed Protestant noblity slaughtered and attacked Marguerite de Navarre and Henry III during their wedding in the Palace of Louvre. Search it up, the similarities are tremendous.

I remember the tales of Henry VII fighting ice zombies in Greenland.

Robb kinda reminds of Alexander the Great. Two great commanders who never lost a single battle but were betrayed (allegedly in Alexander's case) and killed while not on the battlefield before they could realize their dreams.

Daenerys also reminds me of Cleopatra. Cleopatra was the last surviving member of an inbred royal family that did not come from Egypt but ruled because their ancestor Ptolemy Soter had succeeded the throne from Alexander the Great 300 years before.

We should see the symbolism for: Greyjoys, Martells, Tullys, Arryns, Freys. And also other groups like The Nights Watch, The Wildlings, The Brotherhood Without Banners, The Dothraki, etc.

It recently hit me that Rhaegar Targaryen + Elia Martell + Lyanna Stark echo the historical personas of Henry VIII + his Catholic wife Catherine of Aragon (who couldn't bare him anymore children) + Anne Boleyn whom he fell in love with, annulled his marriage for and gave birth to Elisabeth I - the next legitimate ruler of England; just as Jon Snow / Targaryen is also the next legitimate heir to the throne of Westeros. Do you think GRR Martin could draw inspiration from that, or is my theory too far fetched?

I'm early so let me make an old joke from the good old Season 6. Tommen had a good Kings Landing.

I get very emotional when the show touches on sibling issues, like Cersei and Tyrion confrontaion, Theon's almost hopeless rescue of his sister, even the Cleganes , what's up with them? Please make a video on sibling relationships in game of thrones and how they played out in the War of the FIve Kings, and in the coming Winter.

This channel has such a bright future. Their analysis and video quality is better than channels with millions of subscribers.

Game of thrones is like a combination of William Shakespeare's Richard the third, the war of the roses and lord of the Rings.

The parallel between Tyrion and Richard III is stronger than that with Ned. They're both physically deformed and vilified even though both are not the villains they were portrayed as

Can we get a Sansa video? Her development was crazy that'd be so interesting

Unbelievable odds? She basically has the only nukes on the battlefield XD

'Game of Thrones' is far more history than fantasy. Whereas Tolkien literally created an entire world and mythos through sheer imagination, Martin plundered previous events and locales to deliver compelling and relatable human drama.

I love LOVE this channel. It dives into just the kind of things that I love looking at when watching this show and other stuff too. I'm always looking at the symbolism of great stories like Game of Thrones, and it's a beautiful thing what you're doing here. Thank you so much for your uploads :)

The best GOT-related video. Entertainment + history = happy me.

More excellent content. This channel needs to be in everyone's feed. Thank you for your content!

As always your GoT videos bring a lot to the table and I really enjoyed what I watched of this one. (I'll watch the rest when I get home/ at work) I did a video essay that was a lot like this where I talk about where GRRM pulled his inspiration for some of his characters and events before going into a theory on how I think the show will end.

I think non European influence Game of Thrones would be an interesting topic as well. I will give couple of examples: The defense of using fire against Stannis´ attack on King´s Landing look quite similar to the Battle of Red Cliff in Chinese history. The Dothraki seem to be mixture of the Huns, the Mongols and the North American prairie Indians. The cities on the Slavers Bay seem to have Phoenician or other Middle East, perhaps Egyptian influence.

This channel has quickly become my favorite! I love all of the analyses that you have presented, and I look forward to seeing more each week! :)

Power doesnt corrupt. Power exposes the corruption that is already there. Dorkmatter2525

wow what a video, hands down my favorite one that you guys have done so far! awesome info and comparisons to the show!

As always this is really good, you know what you are talking about and you know what conclusions should be taken from the elements of the story. Greetings from France

Thanks again for this video, loved it. Keep it up🔥🔥🔥

Excellent character and historical analysis!! I love your channel! Seven Blessings to you!

Analyses like no other channel, im surprised you guys dont have 1 mill+ subs yet. keep up the good work

Where is House Greyjoy and House Martell?

I just love everything you upload to this channel. My youtue experience finally has so much good. I cant wait for you to show how game of thrones characters die in the way they killed.

Loved this! You just earned a new subscriber, keep it up!

Love your videos, this channel deserves more subs

Stannis didn't want power he saw it as his duty and to bring justice to a corrupt government. To reinforce this he goes to wall because it's his duty to protect the realm

Fantastic video. Well done

I truly enjoyed this Game of Thrones related episode and how history affects it. With the Battle of Castle Black from Season 4, I actually could not help but think of the classic image of the Vietnam War, where American troops were surrounded by NVA and/or VC troops.

I would love to see a part 2 on this subject please

As always, BRAVO 👏

I'm split, the predicability of a Danaerys victory, based on history and thematics would render a dull watch. Whereas I do see it heading towards that way.

Fantastic, just like the videos on each house

Ever since you made a video of Reagar Targaryan, I've wanted a spinoff in this show that takes place in ned's youth, the war everyone in the beginning of the series talked about

The Finale is coming.....

This year I started my history ALevel and one of the topics we're covering around the Normans along with Anglo-Saxon England right before the Conquest [The full timeline follows Edward The Confessor through to William II] and I've noticed that there are also a number of similarities between the histories of Edward The Confessor, William The Conqueror and the Godwin Family, and Game of Thrones. For example, Godwin a powerful Earl who proved to be a big problem for Edward the Confessor and father to Harold Godwinson, reminds me greatly of Tywin Lannister. As they both strive to have their families on top of both power and wealth.

I think aegon the conqueror is alot like william the conqueror

This video was great!

A fantastic video!

There is definitely a good drop of ancient history, particularly the century or so before and after 0 AD, in GofT as well. Dany and the Targaryens bare more than a passing resemblance to the Ptolemys of Ancient Egypt and Dany's story has some interesting parallels with Cleopatra, the last of the Ptolemyic Pharaohs. Though European (ie Westeros) in origin, they live in and eventually rule a kingdom in Africa (i.e Essos). Dany is the last of her dynasty as Cleopatra was the last of hers. Dany is descended from a heroic/almost semi-mythical ruler and Cleopatra was descended and could draw her family history back to Alexander the Great. She has a tyrannical brother (who also has an incestuous interest in his sister) who comes to an unfortunate end by getting the crown he wanted for so long, Cleopatra was originally co-ruler alongside her brother Ptolemy XIII, who was also her husband and ended up drowned in the Nile weighed down by his own finery and armour.Once Pharaoh in her own right, Cleopatra built a relationship with her subjects by doing things that no other Ptolemy had done, learn the local language, revive ancient traditions and making herself the embodiment of the traditional ancient gods. We have seen Dany do many similar things with her own subjects.Dany's burgeoning relationship with Jon parallels the relationship between Cleopatra and Marc Anthony. It starts off as a relationship of difference, Queen and Commander, with Cleopatra/Dany seeing themselves as the superior. But it quickly becomes a relationship of equals and of lovers. Between them they aim to conquer and rule Westeros, much as Cleopatra and Anthony planned to conquer and rule the Roman world. One of Cleopatra's keys to doing this was through her three children, who were the products of her relationships with Ceaser and Anthony. They had all the Roman and Egyptian blue-blood needed to become rulers in their own right and her greatest weapon in order too consolidate her power in Rome. Dany has three children too, who are her greatest weapons and could help her win her war, though of course they are children of the horned, scaly, giant, flying literal weapon variety, rather than figurative weapons.Of course if Dany and Jon are indeed Cleopatra and Marc Anthony it might not bode so well for their futures in the final season of GofT.

Nice ..best game of thrones channel by far

Very interesting!

Big differences in Wars of the Roses and Game of Thrones: 1) despite the city of York being in north-central England, the Yorkist's main support was in southern England and Wales, while Lancasters' support was mainly in the north 2) Lancaster king Henry VI was a very religious, weak-minded and gentle monarch throughout his adult years, nothing like the Lannisters (although as a boy he was perhaps similar to Tommen) 3) there was no queen like Cersei among the Lancasters or Yorkists, in fact there were no queens ruling in England in the 15th century, although Henry IV's wife Margaret was a strong and determined woman 4) no dragons 5) no White Walkers 6) no Wildlings (although they did get raided by Scots from time to time, Scots were evidently more civilized than Wildlings) 7) no red witches to raise people from the dead and 8) no incest reported or even rumored among the Lancasters nor the Yorkists.

Make a part two!!

About 12 hours away from Season 7 Finale!!

your voice is beautiful. Perfect for this kind of videos

The ending of the Wars of the Roses has similarities with the ending of the Dance of Dragons. In fact I think the Dance of Dragons has more in common with the Wars of the Roses than the War of the Five Kings. For one thing the Dance and the Roses ended with both factions marrying each other. And the wars started because the previous king's heir was someone that skipped over several others in line for the throne. Not to mention both factions had control of the throne at various points in their respective wars.

Stannis Baratheon was most likely inspired from Tiberius Caesar. He has pretty much every quality that Tiberius had. The One True King Stannis!!

Published on my birthday! and the finale is today :,)

Still waiting for the other Houses... But this was a great video indeed...

This channel is amazin!

i am amazed how you managed to make this video without the white princess and the white queen... i mean, those two are the best series of that period

great video rooting for danny!

Wow you guys shot over 100K subs so fast!

I don't actually think George R.R Martin drew any inspiration from what I'm about to say, but have you ever heard of Stockholms Bloodbath? It's a big part of Swedish history and most people from Sweden know about it, and it's really similar to the red wedding. So the basic story goes that there was a great party in Stockhom celebrating the coronation of Kristian II (King of Denmark) as king of Sweden after he defeated Sten Sture at the ice battle of Åsunden. Everyone of Swedens most important people were invited (a few random people were there to, not invited, but there to help) and for a while, it was a good time... Until the doors closed... And the musicians started playing a familiar tune, The Rains of Castamere... Okay maybe that wasn't true but whatever... The danes beheaded around 60 people that night and (like I said) it has come to be known as Stockholms bloodbath. One of the victims of the Bloodbath was Erik Johansson, a knight and a member of Swedens privy council. One of Erik's children, Gustav Johansson (a.k.a Gustav Vasa) sought revenge for what Kristian the Tyrant (as he was now known as) did to his father. Idk the whole story but after raising army of random people he maneged to overthrow Kristian II and take the throne, thus ending the Kalmar Union. Btw Idk if I am, but if I am, sorry for my bad english. ...But I don't think I am ;P

This channel is goddamn incredible. I'm so glad I found it keep up the great work!

Ramsay hit the nail on the head, "If you think this (Game of Thrones) has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

There's a noise that keeps popping up throughout this video, most notably at 2:40, that sounds like the raptor call from Jurassic Park haha. Quite unnerving

great video as always... now please can do a video of Jon Snow/Aegon Targaryen?

6:28 and this is Robert’s desk chair here! Too many paralleeeeeeeeeels

Can you make a part two of this?

Despite being the dukes of york(york is in northern england) the house of york members mentioned lived most of their lives in central or southern england and the yorkist power base was in south of england, the royalist forces during the wars of the roses had there powerbase in the north as families live the percy's who ruled northumbria supported magaret of anjou.

Please more Game of Thrones symbolism, Like about Greyjoys, Martell, Freys, Forrester, i love these videos!

When they mentioned “Merlin” I thought they were talking about the one with Colin and Bradley for a second. 😅

What's the music used in the video??? pls!!!

Awesome Vid here..

in honor of littlefinger's death, can you guys do a character analysis on him? i really enjoy your content - you're easily my go-to channel now! keep up! :)

I think Daenerys could finally break the wheel by melting the Iron Throne with Drogons fire. It would make sense considering it was created by Aegon using his dragon Balerion.

can you do one of these about the wire, and it's various gangs and organizations like the docks and the police

In terms of the supernatural and mythological elements, I would say King Arthur and other aspects of Welsh mythology and the Black Death for the threat of the White Walkers. GRRM has specifically named the Sidhe for the characteristics of the White Walkers.

They paid attention and took great lessons in history to better the quality of the show..... Until season 7 where they said fuck the writing just give em battles and dragons

This channel is is my God.

cersei isnt just related to margaret of anjou and anne boleyn also elizabeth woodville has similarities to her elizabeth was rumoured to have relations with her brother anthony and was still sceming after the house of york was merged with the tudors

Edward IV's mistress was also humiliated like Cersei. Goffrey is very similar to Richard II.

Joffery is Hitler and Ramesy is Stalin.

power corrupts, absolute power , corrupts absolutely.

I'm sooo upset and sad!! Because of the dragon!!😢😢

History repeats itself with the blood and with the hate

Do a 150k sub special. You'll get there by next week!

I think the opening theme is the Song of Ice and Fire

Hola! es posible que pongas subtitulos en español? Te lo agradeceria mucho.

6:17-6:19 Why is Anne Boleyn's painting nodding with approval?

Can anyone tell me what is the difference between the first men and the andals? I am trying to brush up on my got history!

I feel that there is an inspiration from the world wars.

Margaery may be inspired by Elizabeth of York or Catherine of Aragon. First Margaery is with Renly then with Joffrey; Just like Lizzie said in TWQ, "so whatever happens in this battle, I will be queen". Second is Margaery is bethroated to Joffrey then he died in their wedding day without consumnating their marriage, she then marys Tommen, Joffrey's younger brother; It's just like Catherine of Aragon marying Henry VIII after his older brother Arthur died.

are those paintings in the history books as well?

3:45 thats what i call a mighty burp

Stannis' sacrifice of his daughter echoes Agamemnon and Iphigenia from Greek myth. Not all of the influence is English history.

Can you make a Stannis Baratheon Character Study?

Someon bad moths Guinevere: *SUDDENLY I EMERGE FROM THE DUST OF ADMIRATION TO PROTECT THE MISUNDERSTOOD CHARACTERS I LOVE*

And also if I may add that in my opinion, the White Walker are a representation of Gog and Magog(the eastern version like Islam’s to be more specific) because according to the story, they are also barred behind a wall (the only difference is that the location of that wall is unknown) until the end of time in which they will break the wall and be unleashed upon the world, and that they were placed there by a powerful, almost almighty king by the name of Dhul Qarnayn which has similarities with the Last Hero when you read up on both stories.