Few video game weapons are recognisable from a silhouette alone. The Buster Sword manages it. So does...
Historical European Martial Arts has a rather unusual relationship with books. In most combat sports, reading is...
The Napoleonic Wars produced battles on a scale Europe had rarely experienced. Armies containing tens or even...
The Messer simply means “knife” in German, yet surviving examples can reach dimensions that make the description...
Olaf Haraldsson is one of those historical figures who becomes more difficult to understand the more you...
The First Battle of Tumbleton is where the Dance of the Dragons stops feeling like a dynastic...
The Jackdaw starts Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag as a fairly ordinary brig with an unusually ambitious...
The history of the sword is usually told through warriors, battles and famous weapons. The forge tends...
The Viking establishment of a permanent base at Dublin in 841 was one of the decisive moments...
Joachim Meyer occupies a fascinating position in the history of European swordsmanship. Born around 1537 and dead...