Comments by "Evan" (@MrEvanfriend) on "Game of Thrones reflects real history (no spoilers) - Westeros is England" video.

  1. Not one mention of the War of the Roses? Cmon, Stark and Lannister = York and Lancaster, the parallels are pretty obvious (the Starks being northern, white and red as their respective colors, even the names sound somewhat similar), and George R.R. Martin has even admitted that the War of the Roses was his inspiration. And I always assumed that the Seven was obviously supposed to be the Catholic church - the multiple aspects of a single godhead is vaguely similar, but the priesthood and monastic orders and parallel power structure with the state aren't even really changed at all from the historical Catholic church.
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