Knights weren’t always clad in heavy plate armor. From the Norman conquests to the wars of the late Middle Ages, this video ...
As if flying arrows and burning pitch weren't enough to worry about, medieval knights also had to battle their own armor. A new study that put armor-wearing volunteers on treadmills finds that wearing ...
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s world is steeped in fantasy elements. The game's medieval setting, filled to the brim with different factions and a vast open-world, is the perfect canvas for a player’s role ...
Medieval armor has a bad reputation when it comes to how much movement is possible for a fully-armored and outfitted knight. Chances are you’ve bought into the notion that it resulted in clunky, slow, ...
Even in New York, a city where pretty much anything goes, the sight and sound of knights in shining armour swinging swords at each other still draws a crowd. “Are you ready for a medieval rumble?” ...
Some may know that armored knights used upturned codpieces to attract woman at parties, but a new exhibition of medieval clothing shows that the fashion was also adopted by bold, gender-fluid ...