Italian artist Girolamo di Tommaso da Treviso created the ceremonial shield around 1535. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art This intricate Renaissance shield was never used in battle—but its ...

Tobias Capwell is the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London. Here, he reacts to 11 memorable scenes featuring medieval weapons and armor and rates them based on their ...

Back in 2001, Shannon Cramer saw something that would change her life, she just didn’t know it at the time. The then freshman in high school laid eyes on the movie "Lord of the Rings." “I was like, oh ...

A silver-and-gold clay palomino rears, facing a black wolf of clay designed on the medieval-style shield. A white, clay rabbit, representing kindness, is above the horse, communicating readiness for ...

The sound of sword strikes echoes through the towering pine trees in Black Forest, just north of Colorado Springs where the Colorado Wardens practice their sport. Armor, long swords and shields are ...

*Simulation dress-up is quite an extensive craft business these days. Look at all those licensing arrangements and the vast extent of product categories. "Dark Knight Armoury is an internet mail order ...