When you picture medieval warfare, you might think of epic battles and famous monarchs. But what about the everyday soldiers who actually filled the ranks? Until recently, their stories were scattered ...

Medieval battles weren’t heroic duels—they were violent, chaotic collisions of terrified men. Noise, smoke, confusion, and ...

Games are often played as an escape, and what could be more different from the technology and screens of the modern world than the tranquility of rural medieval life? While some medieval games focus ...

Amateur detectorists exploring the historic fields near Gietrzwałd, Poland, have unearthed a remarkably rare medieval flail weapon known as a kiścień - only the fourth such artifact ever recorded in ...

Horses are instinctively wired to run from danger. So how did medieval armies train them to thunder towards enemy lines ...