Vlad III and the historical origins of Dracula
Vlad III and the historical origins of Dracula From the author of The Day of the Heroes. A story about today's culture war in a time of dragons and heroes. Click Here to purchase from Amazon. The story of Vlad III of Romania in the 15th century provides an insight into the ongoing conflict between Islam and Christianity in the medieval period. It is an interesting story, as it is from this man where our modern-day character of Dracula comes from. Vlad III was also known as Vlad the Impaler, a name which should give an indication of his favoured method of punishment and torture. It is also part of the reason for the creation of the myth of Dracula. Vlad’s father, Vlad II from the town of Transylvania in modern-day Romania, was knighted into the order of the dragons by the Hungarian King, Sigismund. This was part of an alliance against the Ottoman Empire who had been continuously attempting to push the boundaries of their territory, in order to impose their Islamic id