The jousting shield could be laced to the breastplate and a large gauntlet called the manifer protected the left hand. From the 15th century onwards, jousting armor became thicker and heavier and ...

For reasons of authenticity, it's men only - women never did joust - and they are looking for those between 5ft 6in and 6ft and weighing no more than 13 stone. In the late 15th century ...

An unprecedented record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in a 15th-century manuscript ... The text features Robin Hood as well as jousting bears, battling bumblebees ...

A council worker who is a champion jouster on her days off is set to scale a 3,000ft mountain dressed in her full replica 15th century armour ... who has been jousting professionally for three ...

This 15th-century French painting from an unknown artist ... Poems about killer rabbits and jousting bears may not seem especially profound, but such tales were often used as a vehicle to ...

If you drive along the King's Highway between Canberra and the New South Wales south coast at the right moment, you may just catch a glimpse of a knight in shining armour on a jet-black Friesian ...

Four champions took to the arena to provide an exhibition of exhilarating horsemanship in the Spectacular Jousting event at Linlithgow Palace ... knights prepared to do battle at the 14th and 15th ...