The Worcester Art Museum’s reopening of its armor galleries goes far beyond the romance with medieval Europe.

Head to the Frist Art Museum’s upper-level galleries, and you’ll come face-to-face with a 500-year-old knight in shining armor. OK, so it’s not an actual knight. The armor, however, is the real deal.

The Frist Art Museum presents Knights in Armor, an exhibition of remarkable Renaissance arms and armor from the world-renowned collection of the Museo Stibbert in Florence, Italy. Organized by ...

Knights and firearms clashed on the battlefield for over 200 years. A select few suits of armor were crafted with secret techniques that made them stronger than others, possibly even bulletproof.

As if flying arrows and burning pitch weren't enough to worry about, medieval knights also had to battle their own armor. A new study that put armor-wearing volunteers on treadmills finds that wearing ...

CHESAPEAKE — In the Middle Ages, knights sparring in combat as a public spectacle might have been a typical entertainment option. Hundreds of years later, some locals are dedicated to keeping the ...