Do you think Randyll Tarly got his methods for dealing with Sam from Frederick WIlliam I?
The Prussian king was a militaristic man who dealt with his scholarly son, Frederick II who was interested in things that Frederick William considered unmanly and perverse like music, books and French culture, practically the same way Tarly did with Sam. .
Interesting question. I don’t remember my Hohenzollerns well enough to provide a concrete answer, but I’ll bet @goodqueenaly has some ideas.