Did learning about the War of Roses spoil ASOIAF? ***theoretical spoilers?***

So basically most of us get a passing reference if anything to England's War of the Roses during that one semester of World History in Junior year of high school. It's a complex power struggle that shapes England between two powerful families and then an invading power from across the sea comes and messes shite up. Since it quickly vanishes from our minds, I'm willing to bet a good amount of GoT fans where unaware of the historical background to Mr. Martin's tale.



Doing a little research into the matter will you will find your self quickly finding parallels, not just to families and events, but specific people, places and plot points. From Hadrian's Wall, the Yorks and Lancasters, invading progressive Frenchies, wild Scotts from the north.... oh and the symbol of Wales is a dragon so do with that what you will. The point is, it's an historical event.... which had a result, people dies, people won and one of the reasons Britain is like four confusing countries in one is what we're left with.



While this is nothing new, (in fact for British fans this was probably like us reading a book about the Civil War with name changes) this video animating it all out is quite new and enjoyable. If you consider.... history.... a spoiler, then you've been warned.

The Wars that Inspired Game of Thrones - Alex Gendler