Italian artist Girolamo di Tommaso da Treviso created the ceremonial shield around 1535. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art This intricate Renaissance shield was never used in battle—but its ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While most real-time strategy games require you to simply throw units into battle as quickly as you can produce them, the Total War games force you to ...

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 ...