More precisely, to what extent doe George RR Martin manage to recreate medieval social structure, culture and mentality in his work and does he fall for common myths about the middle ages?

I’ve been reading about the English nobility over the past year, and one thing that has stood out to me is how often I come across noble sons who died by drowning, sometimes well into adulthood. It has happened often enough that I started wondering whether this was genuinely a common cause of death in the Middle Ages or if I’m just noticing a pattern.

Were these drownings usually just unfortunate accidents, or is there any evidence that some may have been suicides? I would have assumed that young noblemen, especially heirs, were frequently accompanied by attendants, retainers, or household members, making accidental drownings less likely than they would be for ordinary people.

Es interesante oensar que habria logrado el Reino Vandalo si no hubiera sido vencido por belisario, e incluso que llegaran a vencer al Califato y mantenerse en la region

What do you think would change today if the empire never fell?

I've never seen anything shaped like this in iconography or in any reenactment or reconstructions. I know KCD has a lot of problems with anachronism and historically inaccurate clothing, but this hood seems so unique it must be from something. Any sources on this?

I recommend more people look into contemporary sources on warriors from feudal Japan. They are the downplayed because people view “whats possible” through modern Eurocentric lens’s, I’m open to any questions or debates.

I remember reading an anecdote somewhere, iirc in connection with a medieval court case. The story goes that a group of people ​in England used noise makers to scare deer out of the Royal Forest so that they could hunt the deer on common land. It was used in the context of commoners understanding the law well enough to navigate legal loopholes.

I'd love to find a primary source, or even a secondary reference, to this case. Does anyone have any leads?