Recently, a reader came across a post I had done about Tudor archery and reached out to me. While she reassured me that I had ...

We’ve all imagined ourselves in the midst of a medieval battle at one point or another—and probably will again. Which is why the below test showing how shields perform against bows and arrows is not ...

Players in Age of Empires 4 can win solely by destroying opposing landmarks and the Town Center. As a result, performing a rush early in the game with the correct civilization is highly successful. In ...

Yesterday, I wrote about the tremendous success of the English yeoman longbow archers and how they successfully defeated French cavalry time and again during the Hundred Years War (see: “What Can the ...

The medieval English longbow first came to prominence during the Hundred Years War. In 1346, English forces used it to devastating effect to cut down a superior French army. The Art of Video Games A ...

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts Harold II with an arrow jutting from his head, but whether the English king actually died in this manner remains a point of contention. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons ...