From Sam O’Nella, here’s an amusing look at some of the weird, creative, and deeply sinister weapons used during the Medieval period, when castles and ...

Carnegie- Schadde Memorial Public Library, 230 Fourth Ave., Baraboo, will host The Woodlands-A Historical European Martial Arts group based out of Madison, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 15 in the ...

The myth of the Middle Ages as a “dark age” does not lie in the fact that things declined markedly after the fall of Rome—they did. It lies in the idea that this situation persisted until ...

The metal suits worn by knights during the Middle Ages were originally designed to protect against weapons such as swords. But could medieval armor also stop bullets?