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David Routt

David Routt

Adjunct Professor of History, University of Richmond
David Routt is presently an adjunct professor of history at the University of Richmond. He had a Ph.D. in medieval history and has special interests in medieval England, the late Middle Ages, monasticism, medieval economy and society and paleography.

HBO's 'House of the Dragon' was inspired by a real medieval dynastic struggle over a female ruler

Oct 21, 2022 06:20 am UTC| Entertainment

In three decades of teaching medieval European history, Ive noticed my students are especially curious about the intersection of the stories told in class and the depictions of the Middle Ages they see in movies and...

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