Welcome to the world of buhurt, a modern medieval combat sport where athletes wearing suits of armor fight with heavy metal swords, axes and maces.

Combatants went medieval on each other this weekend. The High River Medieval Faire drew hundreds to the High River Rodeo ...

That being said, Martin does capture some medieval realities, said Kelly DeVries, a medieval historian at Loyola University Maryland. "The arms and armor are very well-respected," DeVries told ...

All of it—the weapons, the armor, the violence—is real. ... “Of course you see someone from high school at your first Armored Medieval Combat fight,” she sighs.

Real-Life Doom: The Dark Ages Armor Looks Very Cool And Also Cumbersome To Wear. ... which has been tweaked once again to match the medieval themes of the new Doom game.

The result is a suit of armor that celebrates his Polish ancestry. Voting for the Duck Tape Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest is up now through July 9. The winners will be announced a week later.

A knight in "shining armor" wielding a sword or lance is an iconic medieval image, but more advanced weapons also appeared in the Middle Ages — including guns that fired bullets. This leads to an ...

“The fatigue level in armor is a ratio of one-to-five,” says Zorikh Lequidre, 54, one of the sport’s first American competitors and now a trainer, coach and announcer for Gladiators NYC events.

In actuality, medieval armor did a good job of protecting against the weapons of the time. Someone "wearing his wealth" on the battlefield was much more likely to be captured and ransomed than killed.

The upcoming season of "Game of Thrones" will take viewers to a magical world harboring dragons, sorceresses and supernatural ice creatures. But the contested kingdom of Westeros is not entirely a ...