Usually, the knight is drawn so that he looks worried, stunned, or shocked by his tiny foe. Epic snail-on-knight combat showed up as often in medieval manuscripts as Kilroy across Europe .

Knights are among the most iconic characters from the Middle Ages. Their origins harken back to the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe whose last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was toppled ...

Usually, the knight is drawn so that he looks worried, stunned, or shocked by his tiny foe. Epic snail-on-knight combat showed up as often in medieval manuscripts as Kilroy across Europe .

A medieval knight didn't just ride about on a war horse in shiny armour, go on crusade or joust in a tournament. Medieval knights had important responsibilities and duties to carry out. Production ...

Medieval armoured combat – or buhurt, from the Old French word béhourd, meaning “to wallop” – traces its history back more than a thousand years to feudal Europe, where knights would take ...

Fighting with another knight, if one offers defeat then the other should exercise mercy and be gracious in victory. The whole concept of ransoming was based on this. A knight would honour and respect ...