In the ninth and tenth centuries, castles were often built of wood and easily burned down by enemies. As unrest spread across Europe and warfare began to change, castle designs had to adapt.

Life in Medieval Europe wasn't quite what you might expect. Warfare at the time, while quite different from modern warfare, was also very different from the way it's often depicted in fictional media.

The holy war is over, but your journey to track down the wily and elusive Heavenly Peter has just begun, as you embark through a medieval world constructed scrapbook-style from cut-outs of famous ...

Archaeologists have successfully identified the first-known female burial containing weapons in the 10th-century Carpathian Basin, Hungary.

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Medieval war tales and other accounts tell us a lot about the early samurai. Leading warriors were usually mounted archers. Although they carried swords, they valued the bow and arrow over other ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login This book provides an overarching, comprehensive analysis of the French military in the medieval period. The focus is on the armies of the ...

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Trenches will be cut in Weymouth's medieval high street and North Quay - the site of its former council offices. The area was the site of the Battle of Weymouth in 1645, following a royalist plot ...