Thanks to movies and shows like Kingdom of Heaven and Marco Polo most of us have a certain idea of what medieval warhorses looked like: big, brawny, and capable of smashing heads with their hooves. A ...
(CNN) — A knight in shining armor straddling a towering horse is a deeply ingrained part of how popular culture portrays the Middle Ages — the mounted battle-winning warrior. But it appears the horses ...
Horses are instinctively wired to run from danger. So how did medieval armies train them to thunder towards enemy lines ...
Pagans in northern Europe's Baltic region imported horses from neighboring Christian countries during the late medieval period to sacrifice in funeral rituals, a study has revealed. The research, ...
Thundering warhorses beating down a plain would have been a fearful sight for opposing forces in the Medieval ages. But new research shows that, to our eyes, many of these warhorses would have been ...
This 1820 artwork shows 12th Century armoured knights jousting at a tournament. The knight on the far side has a shattered lance and is being unhorsed Archaeological analysis of a medieval animal ...
The phrase 'medieval warhorse' may conjure up images of towering, majestic beasts snorting and stamping — but in reality they were no bigger than modern-day ponies. This is the conclusion of ...
The oldest recorded bareback horse race in Italy has been run since the 13th century – and it’s still going strong. The Palio di Asti, which takes place on the penultimate weekend of every September, ...
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