But, as the article indicates, the sword now poses a bit of a problem and Pratchett has placed it somewhere secret. Somewhere safe. According to the author: "It annoys me that knights aren’t ...

No one knows how medieval knights ... as quickly as possible. Sword fighting was not a matter of random slashing or prodding – it was a sophisticated martial art to rival kung fu or sumo wrestling.

The British Library has appealed to members of the public to help decipher an inscription found on an 800-year-old sword which has ... the rage” in 13th century medieval Europe.

(Jim Franco/Special to the Times Union) Armed with swords, padded jackets and New ... Martial Arts groups in Troy and Waterford brandish medieval weapons on RPI’s campus and at local parks.

So it came as something of a surprise when a very fine medieval sword was recently found deep within a sewer in Denmark. As Live Science’s Laura Geggel reports, the relic was uncovered by pipe ...

“We are a sport that competes using real martial art combat techniques,” Irving ... is almost certainly a modern evolution of Medieval sword fighting. The term "fencing" refers to any ...