Knights are among the most iconic characters from the Middle Ages. Their origins harken back to the fall of the Roman Empire in ... for society to recruit them. (Medieval elites used handwashing ...

He argues that medieval chivalry had a major part in ... The romantic notion of the daring, pure-hearted knight errant lingers on, even today. However, by focusing on the more courtly elements ...

Archaeologists have unearthed skeletal remains of eight people that may be the relatives of a medieval knight discovered under ... human cremation Mass grave of Roman-era soldiers discovered ...

From the late 13th century through to the 15th century, images of knights fighting snails pop up in all sorts of unlikely places within the medieval ... folktale, Le Roman de Renart, the weapons ...