It’s common to find, in the blank spaces of 13th- and 14th-century English ... medieval readers. And scattered through this marginalia is an oddly recurring scene: a brave knight in shining ...

No one has ever used the term "a Roman in battle armor" to ride up on a white ... Well, all but the last part, anyway. The English medieval knight was considered the standard to which all heroes ...

As if flying arrows and burning pitch weren't enough to worry about, medieval knights also had to battle their own armor ... field toward a lightly armored English force in the Battle of Agincourt.

Full metal jacketA knight’s plate armor consisted of riveted sections ... and a way for society to recruit them. (Medieval elites used handwashing as a shrewd ‘power play.’ ...

Medieval armor has a ... French medieval knight named Jean le Maingre, a.k.a. Boucicaut, who racked up a number of military victories until he was captured by the English at the Battle of ...

Medieval armour was so heavy that it could have seriously ... In this famous conflict of 1415 - despite heavily outnumbering the English - the French were beaten.

The medieval knight ... first luggage to carry their armour and weapons in 1153. The knights used wooden trunks and chests pulled on a horse or peasant-drawn cart. Almost 500 years later 'luggage' was ...

It’s a common scene in medieval ... English texts, sketches and notes from medieval readers. And scattered through this marginalia is an oddly recurring scene: a brave knight in shining armor ...