We often romanticize the Middle Ages, seeing them as a time of chivalry, gallant knights, and castles. Beneath all of this pageantry and myth lies the stark reality of an era defined by brutal warfare ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the opening scene of “The Last Duel,” the new film set in 14th-century France, a herald announces the rules for conduct at a ...

Co-founders Ben Holman, left, and Ben Roberts battle during a Black Falcon School of Arms gathering Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, in Monument Valley Park. The group re-constructs the art of late medieval ...

Tobias Capwell is an author, lecturer, broadcaster, and the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London. He has been a horseman and martial artist since childhood, is a founding ...