For centuries, the image of a monk hunched over a desk, painstakingly copying manuscripts by candlelight, has dominated our perception of scholarship in the Middle Ages. But what about the women? A ...

RUSTAVI, GEORGIA—According to a Georgia Today report, a chainmail shirt and a helmet dated to the ninth or tenth century a.d. have been unearthed at the site of a medieval palace within Rustavi ...

The main function of armor in medieval times was of course to protect knights from being hurt in battle.

The first time I met Matthew Nothstine was at the Guthrie Renaissance Festival. Nothstine, acting the showman, wearing a full set of medieval armor and a cowboy hat, explained the rules of a melee to ...

The clanking of metal and the sight of knights riding on horseback with their full suits of armor is a familiar image from medieval times. But what was it really like to wear such heavy and bulky ...

An opponent falls to the ground after Matthew Nothstine’s attack in the midst of a fight. In a typical tournament for melee armored combat, a fighter is eliminated once their body makes three points ...