Now that Game of Thrones is back, Monday mornings demand poring over recaps and endlessly analyzing the many trials and tribulations in the world of Westeros. This season, Bryan C. Keene and ...

Obviously, Game of Thrones is an adult show with a reputation for gnarly death scenes and unabashed nudity. As Weber points out, the renaissance era was known for being similarly “bawdy.” But ...

Historians don’t concur on when the Middle Ages ended and the Renaissance began, but we can all agree that the eras of castles and sword fights are both doing quite well on television in 2015 ...

The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire's Myths & Legends themed weekend will be held Aug. 26 and 27, conveniently overlapping with the season finale of "Game of Thrones" on the 27th.

In the last two seasons, Game of Thrones has veered toward using very un-Westeros-esque music like The Hold Steady and The National. Here's why that's OK.

Dr. Steven Isaac is a professor of medieval history at Longwood University in Virginia. In this essay, he puts the concept of trial by combat we see in Game of Thrones in a historical context. If ...

Historians don't concur on when the Middle Ages ended and the Renaissance began, but we can all agree that the eras of castles and sword fights are both doing quite well on television in 2015. From… ...

From ‘Game of Thrones’ to neo-Nazi viking obsessions, medieval images have a currency in contemporary culture that spans from the mainstream to the fringe.

The transformation of medieval honey wine from Renaissance Fair to New York’s next cool drink. By James Reddicliffe Honey’s, the taproom at Enlightenment Wines Meadery in Bushwick, was almost ...

When watching Game of Thrones from a fashion perspective, it's easy to get swept up in the glam—the sweeping gowns, the rich fabrics, the capes.Costume director Michele Clapton is the one tasked ...

It is no surprise that Game of Thrones is being used to stimulate interest in medieval studies. Westeros is replete with medieval staples such as knights, queens, broadswords and castles.