LUBLIN, Poland (Reuters Life!) - Just like his Medieval counterparts 600 years ago armorer Tomasz Samula has hardly any time to outfit his knights before battle commences. Samula is racing to add the ...

In one corner is thirty-seven-year-old Matt Gifford, five foot ten inches, weighing in at 185 pounds. Over his armor, he wears a red brigandine, a cloth garment studded with metal. On the other side ...

The Worcester Art Museum’s reopening of its armor galleries goes far beyond the romance with medieval Europe.

These knights aren't messing around. The Wisconsin Medieval Combat Center practices full-on armored fighting with swords and ...

We often romanticize the Middle Ages, seeing them as a time of chivalry, gallant knights, and castles. Beneath all of this ...

CHESAPEAKE — In the Middle Ages, knights sparring in combat as a public spectacle might have been a typical entertainment option. Hundreds of years later, some locals are dedicated to keeping the ...

DULUTH — Carrie Slick steps away from a towering opponent. “I’ve gotten very used to fighting people who are much bigger than me,” she said. The “very short” Duluthian's got a little advantage, though ...

Pinned against a wooden rail, battered with axes, the knight staggered. Two attackers, clad in armor from head to toe, tried to kick his legs from under him. There was a flash of steel, and out of ...