One example: The foot portion of medieval armor (the sabaton) “imitated the pointed shape of a fifteenth-century shoe,” the catalog states. Armor especially rose to the level of art when ...

But, according to art historian Matthias Goll, much of this vision is a myth. “It’s an old fairy tale that medieval armor was incredibly heavy,” he says. It was, in fact, relatively light ...

The glittering armor worn by medieval European knights was originally ... According to an essay in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, plate armor was first used in Europe in the 13th century and ...

Dr Grollemond says the purpose of marginalia has been long debated by medieval art historians. Some say they're satire, others say they demonstrate the ideas of the manuscript, and others say they ...

Knights were the legendary "superheroes" of their time, and that reputation was strengthened if not stretched by popular romance literature in the Medieval ... art and had an eye for artistic armor.

Nedilska also says she's often inspired by the surreal quality of medieval art, especially the illustrations in manuscripts. The pictures feel familiar to her, but also deeply strange ...

The excavation was carried out in 2021, when demolition work near the castle was believed to endanger a neighboring medieval town ... purchase of such pieces of armor was correspondingly expensive ...

But even if knights' encounters with firearms were uncommon, medieval armor may have offered some protection against a bullet. "The Late Medieval-Early Modern Era, from around 1380 to about 1600 ...

In stark contrast to the advancing technology of the twentieth century, many soldiers who were stuck in the close-corridors of trench warfare found themselves back in the medieval era. The 60 Best ...

This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...