In movies, medieval knights are portrayed as courageous and loyal heroes who will fight to the death without fear or regret. In reality, the lives of knights were filled with a litany of stresses much ...

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 ...

It’s common to find, in the blank spaces of 13th- and 14th-century English texts, sketches and notes from medieval readers. And scattered through this marginalia is an oddly recurring scene: a brave ...

Mark Teppo took a deep dive into the dark world of heavy armor to complete his work on The Mongoliad book series. The third and final installment comes out in February. Teppo is chief creative officer ...

BAYEUX, France -- For centuries, this storytelling masterpiece has been a source of wonder and fascination. In vivid and gruesome detail, the 230-foot embroidered cloth recounts how a fierce duke from ...

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