Vox Populi, Vox Deii: Elections in ASOIAF, Part II

Vox Populi, Vox Deii: Elections in ASOIAF, Part II

Introduction

For his second foray into electioneering in AFFC, George R.R Martin clearly decided to go with a simpler model that would (among other things) require less math than the repeated ballots of the Night’s Watch, one that harkens back to the elections and democratic processes of the (early) Middle Ages.

As I talked about in Part I, the Althing of Iceland dates back to the 10th century…

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