Middle Ages

Movies and video games love to depict medieval kings and knights in golden armor. But did golden armor really exist in the Middle Ages or is it just a fancy…

Medieval armor was highly effective. But despite its effectiveness, medieval armor did not make knights invulnerable. There were a few ways to kill a knight in full armor despite him…

One of the most important possessions of a medieval knight was his armor. And while the armor that knights used changed over time from shirts of chainmail (so-called Hauberks) to…

Have you ever heard the statement that people in the Middle Ages were always dirty and never bathed? While that is a pretty common stereotype about the Middle Ages, it…