past the endless images of medieval men disembowelling each other with swords, clubs, and poleaxes, is an arresting sight: a man stands waist-deep in a hole, looking rather anxious, while a woman ...

A sword believed to have belonged to a Crusader who sailed to the Holy Land almost a millennium ago stands in the water ... than the fact that it is an early medieval sword." ...

It’s a deadly weapon and an assertive symbol of authority. The medieval sword was far more than just man-bling: It was welded to their personality and social status. It could also cleave a man ...

“It could mean anything from Viking-era spear and shield to medieval longsword or sword and buckler to rapier and dagger,” he said. “You can pick your own adventure or area to train and stud ...

Half Sword is to medieval games what Hell Let Loose is to the WW2 FPS – while Chivalry, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and Mount and Blade have excellent, larger-scale combat, in Half Sword ...

KING Arthur had one: A medieval sword so strong it was deemed magical. Some have survived to this day. Now we have any inkling of how and where they were forged. Swords forged of secret steels ...

A medieval sword from the 9th or 10th century was discovered in a Polish river. Screengrab from Muzeum Wojska w Białymstoku's Facebook post The sword was dated to the 9th or 10th century from ...

One can imagine that a sword large enough that it required two hands to swing about in battle could get rather tedious to lug around medieval-era Poland. As such, one could also understand some ...