Little is more iconic than the image of a knight ... a suit of historical armor in a museum, or an armor-clad hero (or heroine) in a video game. But why did people wear medieval armor, how ...

A select few suits of armor were crafted with secret techniques ... Historians and ballistics experts reconstructed the amor of an elite knight and tested its strength by shooting it with a ...

From Shakespeare and the Princess Bride to Robin Hood and Monty Python, these are the best medieval movies of all time.