Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
The Battle of Tewkesbury Wars of the Roses (& Game of Thrones) Through the Spring, three of us in the family watched the Game of Thrones box set on our NowTV box. The inspiration came from my grandson who had watched the complete series several times (that's series one to six: series seven is due to start on UK TV on July 17th). Digging into the story behind the series, we found that the author, George R R Martin, had based much on the English Wars of the Roses - The novels and their adaptations base aspects of their settings, characters, and plot on events in European history. A principal inspiration for the novels is the English Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York, reflected in Martin's houses of Lannister and Stark. Most of Westeros is reminiscent of high medieval western Europe, from lands and cultures, to the palace intrigue, castles, and knightly tournaments. Some weeks after watching the series, whilst browsing the web,...
