High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Historical fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy, related to historical fiction, which makes use of specific elements of real world history. It generally takes place prior to the 20th century. Historical fantasy usually takes one of three common approaches: magic, mythical creatures or other supernatural elements co-exist invisibly with the mundane world, with the majority of people none the wiser. In this, it has a close similarity to contemporary fantasy; the story takes place in an alternative history with clear differences from our own; The story takes place in a secondary world with specific and recognizable parallels to a known place (or places) and a definite historical period, rather than taking the geographic and historical "mix and match" favored by other works of secondary world fantasy. However, many if not most, works by fantasy authors derive ideas and inspiration from real events, making the borders of this approach history.

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