Medieval warfare was a brutal, relentless arms race that stretched from the fall of Rome in the 5th century all the way to the gunpowder revolution of the 15th. Knights got better armor, so smiths ...
This video examines the polearms and sidearms used during the Wars of the Roses, including the battle axe, poleaxe, lucerne ...
Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armor, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV. In this video he reacts to the armor and combat in 10 games featuring ...
A recent study led by Dr. Balázs Tihanyi and his colleagues, published in PLOS ONE, has led to the positive identification of the first-known female burial with weapons in the 10th-century Carpathian ...
An American team is in Europe this week for a medieval combat competition. They dress up in period costumes and fight with dulled weapons. Two medieval armored combat world championships are happening ...