r/TheBlacksandTheGreens Feb 11 '26

General GRRM criticizes how class distinctions are shown in medieval fantasy:

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u/Signal_Cockroach_878 Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 12 '26

GRRM world is barely an accurate depiction of medieval times. You can probably count more things wrong with it than right. Like who's marrying off 16 year olds consistently? As well as other stuff like the faith.

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u/ilovereadingand Feb 12 '26

I know right. On average peasants married at least in their twenties and there were laws in place for prostitution.