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 ...

Knights had their day in the historical sun when fighting featured grueling hand-to-hand combat with swords, shields and lances. For centuries, they were the top of the food chain, elite fighters and ...

Knights weren’t always clad in heavy plate armor. From the Norman conquests to the wars of the late Middle Ages, this video explores how knights evolved their armor and weapons in response to changing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Knighthood in all its panoply was on display again last week in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. To the delight of youngsters and oldsters alike, the Met’s armor collection, second only to the ...

(This program is no longer available for online streaming.) A knight in shining armor may sound like a character out of a storybook, but once upon a time, knighthood was serious business, and for ...

Swiss and German auctions of antique arms and armor will recall Roman legions, medieval knights, Ottoman nobles and samurai warriors of old Japan. Swiss auctioneer Fischer in Lucerne will hold a ...