Why medieval politics was nothing like Game of Thrones

Name: Why medieval politics was nothing like Game of Thrones
Uploaded: 2019-04-16T04:21:36Z
Duration: 11 min 23 s
Description: Pop culture often portrays the Middle Ages as a time of forceful personalities and warring dynasties. In this talk, historian Maria Golubeva explains how institutions — city councils, guilds and courts — had just as much (if not more) influence within society, and harbor important lessons about identity and politics in modern day.

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Maria Golubeva |

TEDxRiga

• June 2016

Pop culture often portrays the Middle Ages as a time of forceful personalities and warring dynasties. In this talk, historian Maria Golubeva explains how institutions — city councils, guilds and courts — had just as much (if not more) influence within society, and harbor important lessons about identity and politics in modern day.