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A Ukrainian company that manufacturers medieval armor for sport is now using its materials to produce "caltrops" — or "sharp, six-inch spikes that date back to ancient wars" — in service of the war ...

Knights weren’t always clad in heavy plate armor. From the Norman conquests to the wars of the late Middle Ages, this video ...

In a faraway village, in the kingdom of Avacal, lives a smithy named Ivar the Black. This smithy works not in iron or leather, but rather in high density polyethylene. He makes neither horseshoes nor ...

Following is a transcript of the video. - [helmet clanging] [knight groaning] [armor clanging on ground] Toby Capwell: Poor old R-Patz looks like a pile of garbage, I'm afraid. Hi, I'm Toby Capwell. I ...

Some may know that armored knights used upturned codpieces to attract woman at parties, but a new exhibition of medieval clothing shows that the fashion was also adopted by bold, gender-fluid ...

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