War in medieval times was about the control of land. Garrisons of knights and other soldiers who lived in castles controlled the land around their stone fortresses. To conquer a territory ...

As it has done for more than 30 years, the Kingdom of Trimaris (Florida) faces off against the Kingdom of Ansteorra (Texas and Oklahoma) in what looks like brutal medieval warfare but is actually ...

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 ...

Mighty warhorses, as richly adorned and armoured as their knightly riders, are an immediately recognisable icon of the ...

Medieval fortification expert Michael Fulton looks at the Minas Tirith fortress defense scenes from "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Ancient warfare historian Roel Konijnendijk ...

"As distinctive symbols of social status, horses were central to the medieval aristocratic image and closely bound up with concepts of knighthood and chivalry, while as weapons of war bred for ...