Game Of Thrones – Game of Thrones is undoubtedly one of the best shows on television right now. While it’s wildly creative on its own, that doesn’t mean that the story hasn’t taken some inspiration from real life events. Yep, that’s right. Some of the straight up crazy shit that goes down on Game of Thrones was actually inspired by real life events in the history of mankind.
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Of course, the world of Game of Thrones is a bit more magical than the one we are living in. There are no dragons flying around, although that would be super cool. There are also no White Walkers chillin’ around the corner waiting for winter, which would be much less cool than the whole dragons thing. So, obviously, those elements weren’t pulled from our history.
While many of the magical aspects were not inspired by historical events, many of the characters, marriages, battles, and deaths were pulled straight from our history books. If I knew that paying attention in history class would have given me greater insight into Game of Thrones, I would have majored in history. Okay, I probably wouldn’t have, but you get my point.
So, next time you’re watching an episode that is out of this world crazy, you should consider that it may actually be based on something outrageous from the history of mankind. Here are fifteen crazy similarities between historical events and Game of Thrones.
15. The Red Wedding Was Based On The Black Dinner & The Glencoe Massacre
The Red Wedding was a tiny bit difficult to watch, right? It may be a bit comforting to know that George R.R. Martin didn’t just think up that horrific scene on his own. He had a little bit of help from history. Martin has actually said that this was based on two events from history: The Black Dinner of 1440 and The Massacre of Glencoe of 1692.
In 1692, Highland Clan MacDonald was to swear allegiance to King William of Orange, but for a number of reasons, his letter stating his allegiance arrived late. This really ticked King William off, so he sent 120 men to the MacDonalds’ residence in Glencoe. The men claimed that they needed shelter because the nearby fort they were due to stay at was full. The MacDonalds, being the generous and warm family that they were, took them in for a whole two weeks.
Finally, one night when everyone was asleep in their beds, the soldiers murdered almost everyone. 38 men died and 40 women and children escaped the house but died of exposure anyway. This broke the “Slaughter Under Trust” Scottish rule of thumb, which is very similar to the Guest Right rule in Game of Thrones. Basically, no one should be killing a guest or a host because, duh.
In 1440, the Earl of Douglas, who was just 16, and his even younger brother were invited to have dinner with the 10-year-old King of Scotland. All three were getting along very well, until the end of the meal, when the head of a black bull was dropped on the table. This apparently symbolized the death of the Black Douglas family. The Douglas brothers were then dragged out of the room, found guilty of treason and beheaded. Evidently, there was fear that the Douglas family was growing too powerful and that had to be stopped.
Of course, neither of these events are exactly like The Red Wedding, but it is easy to see the similarities with guests being murdered in such gruesome ways.
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