A cylindrical scrap of metal that was purchased at a flea market in the United Kingdom for just about $25 is actually a medieval piece of weaponry worth thousands of dollars. The hand cannon, which is ...

The defensive fortifications of medieval times have surely inspired floorplans for the “perfect castle” in the minds of many a young nerd—replete with battlements, parapets, turrets, arrow slits, a ...

The Middle Ages get a bad reputation. Branded the “Dark Ages” by Renaissance thinkers who wanted to distinguish themselves from their predecessors, this roughly thousand-year stretch — from the fall ...