Historical high fantasy

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Historical high fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy which mixes historical fantasy and high fantasy. Like high fantasy, it is set in an invented world, with complex cultures and peoples, contains fantasy elements, and is epic in scope. In historical high fantasy, the setting for the story is based upon history and/or historical events.