URI History Professor Uses 'Game of Thrones' to Help Students Understand Medieval History Like "Star Wars," URI Professor Joelle Rollo-Koster has used "GOT" in class to explain aristocratic feuds of 12th and 13th century France and England, including this semester in Western Europe in the High Middle Ages. Simply, she wonders if students' ability to follow the labyrinth of shifting alliances in "Game of Thrones" can be transferred to following the dynastic intricacies of medieval Europe. April 12, 2019 at 09:35PM

Like "Star Wars," URI Professor Joelle Rollo-Koster has used "GOT" in class to explain aristocratic feuds of 12th and 13th century France and England, including this semester in Western Europe in the High Middle Ages. Simply, she wonders if students' ability to follow the labyrinth of shifting alliances in "Game of Thrones" can be transferred to following the dynastic intricacies of medieval Europe.