Medieval knights underwent intense training from a ... All essential for handling heavy weapons such as lances. 'Valsicott, a famed French military leader travelled from Prussia to the Ottoman ...

How to Pursue. One of the greatest sportsmen of all time was a medieval French knight named Gaston Phebus, Comte de Foix, who cut a dashing figure in the 14th century with his white armor and ...

Medieval folklore has immortalized the story of Roland, the Frankish hero who fought under Charlemagne, and Durandal, his indestructible sword. When the eighth-century paladin, or knight ...

weapon of medieval destruction. And he was looking for a fight. This is not role playing or reenactment. The armored combat sport of “buhurt” — from an old French word meaning “to wallop ...

Police are putting unruly youngsters through their paces on an eight-week "knight school", to teach them some of the ways of medieval knights. The Lincolnshire scheme has been hailed a success in ...

And they reveal fascinating insights into what medieval people thought about the world around them. Images of knights fighting snails first started to emerge in North French illuminated ...

NEW YORK — Even in a city where pretty much anything goes, the sight and sound of knights in shining armor swinging swords at each other still draws a crowd. “Are you ready for a medieval ...

The reason so many knights did battle with snails in the margins of medieval manuscripts remains a mystery (Credit: The British Library) The pages of medieval books are stalked by a ferocious ...