Chain mail, which had existed since ancient times, had given way in the 11th and 12th centuries to protections that covered the warrior's entire body. The Christian knights who arrived in the Holy ...

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Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Clad in armor while astride fierce destrier warhorses, knights once roamed medieval Europe in the service of their lords and kings. While the idea of the knight has been romanticized in tales of ...

In the 14th century, European armour evolved significantly, transitioning from primarily mail-based protection to the introduction of plate armour. This period saw improvements in both defensive ...

14th-century German knights were part of the broader European chivalric tradition and played key roles in the social, military, and political fabric of the Holy Roman Empire. The 14th century was a ...

Frist Art Museum’s "Knights in Armor" features more than suits of armor plus an array of helmets, mounted equestrian figures, paintings and weaponry that date to 1500 A.D. Head to the Frist Art Museum ...

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 real deal.

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 ...

As seniors at Augsburg College hammered away at their theses this spring, Josh W. Davis was probably the only one actually using a hammer. A medieval-studies major, Mr. Davis wrote his final paper on ...

Weapons expert Mike Loades looks at the weapons that made Britain's history. The weapon perhaps most associated with the medieval period is the sword. Mike teaches a crash course in 15th-century ...