Television and film, as any veteran knows, likes to take creative license with the facts, especially when it comes to getting details right. But those little things, as we learned in basic training, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Restored 15th-century Italian armor that's now on display at The Met in New York City. But could ...

We know that skimpy armor that shows off a woman’s cleavage is rather impractical for combat and that sculpted “boob plate” armor can be a hazard to your health, but on occasions that women did don ...

As seniors at Augsburg College hammered away at their theses this spring, Josh W. Davis was probably the only one actually using a hammer. A medieval-studies major, Mr. Davis wrote his final paper on ...

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 ...

As if flying arrows and burning pitch weren't enough to worry about, medieval knights also had to battle their own armor. A new study that put armor-wearing volunteers on treadmills finds that wearing ...

The metal suits worn by knights during the Middle Ages were originally designed to protect against weapons such as swords. But could medieval armor also stop bullets? When you purchase through links ...