Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life in a medieval English castle, giving a sense of how lords and ladies, ...

The game's afoot: Follow your spirit, and upon this charge, reboot your computer, log on... and cry "God for Harry, England and Saint George!" Apologies to the Bard for taking liberties with this ...

The 5,000 archer salvo was more powerful than a battleship’s broadside.” The medieval archer could draw a 200lb bow. Today, the average man can draw about 50lb.

And among the estimated 26,000 men facing a Scottish army numbering 50,000 was a contingent of Bolton archers who, some accounts say, played a significant role in the ultimate victory of the English.

Danish archer Lars Andersen has demonstrated some massively controversial archery techniques over the last few years. The energetic bowman, for example, has shown ways to release bows in midair, and ...

Enthusiasts from the Bourne Retinue of Archers want to teach medieval skills to younger generations.

The 9th and 10th centuries AD represented a difficult time for Europe. As the Eastern Roman Empire gave way to the Byzantine Empire, different groups jockeyed for control over western Europe, ...

HIGHWAY officials are used to opposition in the form of conservationists and angry residents. But Highways England has found a new enemy – a band of medieval archers. Following a demonstration by ...