A lot of shocking things have happened onGame of Thronesover the past eight seasons , but one jaw - drop time of year 5 event did stay entirely dependable to the novels — and history : Cersei Lannister ’s bare “ Walk of Atonement . ” Not only was it a faithful theatrical performance of what pass inA Dance with Dragons , it was also a pretty accurate depiction of a veridical - lifetime event that hap during the late 1400s .
Jane Shore was one of King Edward IV ’s many schoolmistress . After his death in 1483 ( and the suspicious death of his boy , Edward V ) , Edward ’s pal ascended to the throne as King Richard III . Richard was n’t as charmed by Shore as his brother had been , and level her and two others with conspiring against him . He accused her of black magic and witchcraft — the scoliosis - afflicted Kingbelievedshe used while to “ waste and wither ” his dead body — but could n’t come up with enough grounds . Had he been able to , her sentence would in all likelihood have end with her head in a hoop at theTower of London . Instead , she was punish forimmorality .
To atone for her “ sins , ” Shore was excoriate to public penance in the form of walk through townspeople while crowd of hoi polloi watched , yell and sham her . She was n’t totally raw , as Cersei was , but by the measure of the day , she might as well have been : She put on nothing but akirtle , a thin shift of linen paper meant to be wear only as an undergarment . Other sourcessayshe wear down a bare livid mainsheet . Like the fall Lannister , Shore ’s trekincludedenduring discriminating obdurate stone in the street that tore at her bare feet .
Unlike theGame of Thronesplot , Shore ’s ordeal did n’t end with protectors span her up and whisk her aside to rubber . Instead , sheremainedin Ludgate Prison until the King ’s Solicitor General , Thomas Lynom , descend in love with her and asked her to marry him . Through Lynom , shereceiveda pardon and was capable to know the rest of her life in relative quiet ( alas , the same ca n’t be said for Cersei ) .
Updated for 2019 .
