The Battle of Tewkesbury happened on May 4, 1471 when the Yorkists marched to meet the Lancastrians. The defeat left many ...

During medieval times, armor conveyed status and sophistication while also protecting the wearer. Both members of the aristocracy and battlefield warriors wore it to project a knightly image.

Medieval Weapons & Armor Expert Rates 10 Video Games' Armor Sets. Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armor, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV.

As if flying arrows and burning pitch weren't enough to worry about, medieval knights also had to battle their own armor. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on ...

Medieval knights are one of those things where the fiction outweighs the facts. ... ©"Medieval Knights in armor" by bobosh_t is licensed under BY-SA 2.0. - Original / License.

While digging beneath a former ice cream parlor in the historic city center of Gdańsk, Poland, archaeologists recently came ...

E ven 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 ...

His principal interest is in European arms and armor of the medieval and Renaissance periods. He has written and spoken extensively on both the historical and the practical aspects of his subject.

Head to the Frist Art Museum’s upper-level galleries, and you’ll come face-to-face with a 500-year-old knight in shining armor.. OK, so it’s not an actual knight. The armor, however, is the ...