Hi, I’m a different anon, but my question also has to do with roads, I was wondering if before electricity there was some kind of public illuminating system for roads (specifically in medieval times). Do we have in ASOIAF any examples of how the kings and lords (maesters?) dealt with implementing public services for the small folk .

stevenattewell Uncategorized August 9, 2017 1 Minute

For roads? Not in medieval times.

Hell, you didn’t even see much in the way of public illumination of cities in Western Europe until the 15th century and it didn’t really take off in a serious way until the 17th century.

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