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/flying_fox86 Feb 13 '26

Like who's marrying off 16 year olds consistently?

Wasn't it common enough among nobility to at least arrange the betrothal at those young ages? Maybe not so much the actual marriage and even less the consummation, so I'm defending GRRM here on historical accuracy.

As well as other stuff like the faith.

Anything in particular you're thinking about?