As principal lyricist of the Grateful Dead, Robert Hunter (yes, Virginia, those 28-minute meandering jams did have words from time to time) wrote in 1974’s “Scarlet Begonias”: “Once in a while you get ...

Medieval armor has a bad reputation when it comes to how much movement is possible for a fully-armored and outfitted knight. Chances are you’ve bought into the notion that it resulted in clunky, slow, ...

Knights had their day in the historical sun when fighting featured grueling hand-to-hand combat with swords, shields and lances. For centuries, they were the top of the food chain, elite fighters and ...