Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tobias Capwell is the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London. Here, he reacts to 11 memorable scenes ...

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 ...

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, ...

Treadmill tests of volunteers in medieval armor revealed that the extra work required to move in the suits may have outweighed their protective benefits. Cynthia Graber reports Medieval armor ...

A knight in "shining armor" wielding a sword or lance is an iconic medieval image, but more advanced weapons also appeared in ...

Medieval armour was so heavy that it could have seriously impacted on a soldier's performance, a study from the University of Leeds suggests. According to the research, the protective suits may have ...

The French may have had a better chance at the Battle of Agincourt had they not been weighed down by heavy body armor, say researchers. A new study shows that soldiers carrying armor in Medieval times ...

LUBLIN, Poland (Reuters Life!) - Just like his Medieval counterparts 600 years ago armorer Tomasz Samula has hardly any time to outfit his knights before battle commences. Samula is racing to add the ...

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