Today, medieval-style warriors and wizards are a staple of popular culture, found everywhere from the Medieval Times “dinner and tournament” chain to “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of ...

one-handed swords used throughout early medieval Europe, he said. The Frankish warrior seems to have fought on foot, because the grave did not contain any sign of spurs or other equipment for ...

New analysis of ancient DNA has revealed that a medieval warrior, long believed to be female, may have been nonbinary, challenging traditional assumptions about gender in early European societies.

Medieval Japan may call to mind honorable sword ... collaborating with a painter of humble origins—led to some of the great art of the Muromachi period. Warriors, including the Ashikaga shoguns, ...

Swarthout’s expertise. Swarthout is the researcher behind the popular art history-inspired social media account Weird Medieval Guys, which has attracted nearly 700,000 followers on X ...

The existence of medieval female warriors through history often attracts heated debate. For one thing, weapons found in ...

The medieval knights of the Middle Ages were some of the fittest and strongest warriors of their time, which comes as no surprise given that they wielded swords and sprinted in armour weighing ...

and the difference in diet might simply reflect gender discrepancies in medieval Guadalajara. “I believe that these remains belong to a female warrior,” says Rissech in the statement ...

The skeletal remains of a medieval woman were found in a cemetery for warrior monks in Spain, suggesting she fought alongside them, according to a new study. Photo from the University of Rovira ...