Trial by Combat
A professor of medieval history on how Game of Thrones—and the bloody showdown between the Red Viper and the Mountain—echoes the past. Sometimes, what really happened is worse.
Dr. Steven Isaac is a professor of medieval history at Longwood University in Virginia. He organizes an annual medieval conference at the university and has published extensively in the discipline.
A professor of medieval history on how Game of Thrones—and the bloody showdown between the Red Viper and the Mountain—echoes the past. Sometimes, what really happened is worse.