Across America, in front of crowds of thousands, men and women are dressing up as knights from the Middle Ages and fighting ... Kevin Serna Fighters in full battle gear going at it hard at an ...

Thu., June 25, 2015 If the great helm fits, wear it: Chase Messing, 5, dons a Middle Ages battle helmet used by knights around 1375. Messing and 45 children and adults were treated to ...

He was at a mock battle, part of Rusborg 2016, a festival about the early Middle Ages in Russia. An observer filmed the battle from above with a quadcopter. One of the participants, perhaps out of ...

OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man whose hobbies include ritualized combat with replica weapons from the Middle Ages says he wielded a battle ax he calls "my baby" to fend off an ...

This is very true, but I would add: The past is a PR battle. History is not an exact ... as the start date for the "Middle Ages," while acknowledging that it is an arbitrary pick, since the ...

(Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Most Americans get their ideas about the Middle Ages from popular culture, like “Game of Thrones,” or from the inevitable rigmarole after a politician refers to “a ...

The “Dark Ages” is ... (if they survived battle, that is). Each trip increased Europe’s awareness of the world. European universities were first founded in the Middle Ages, attracting ...