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    ‘Game of Thrones': Clues About the Ironborn and House Greyjoy From Real Viking History (Guest Blog)

    By Carolyne Larrington | July 7, 2017 @ 8:02 AM

    “The Vikings were very much better fighters on land than the Ironborn,” Oxford University medieval literature professor Carolyne Larrington writes

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Carolyne Larrington

Carolyne Larrington is a professor of medieval European literature at Oxford University, where she teaches medieval English and Icelandic literature at St John's College. Her book, "Winter is Coming: The Medieval World of Game of Thrones" (IB Tauris, 2015) unpacks the parallels between George Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire," HBO's "Game of Thrones" and medieval history and literature. She has also recently written "Norse Myths" (Thames and Hudson, 2017), a companion to the myths and legends of medieval Scandinavia, and "The Land of the Green Man" (IB Tauris, 2015), on British folklore and place.
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