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In a faraway village, in the kingdom of Avacal, lives a smithy named Ivar the Black. This smithy works not in iron or leather, but rather in high density polyethylene. He makes neither horseshoes nor ...

Some may know that armored knights used upturned codpieces to attract woman at parties, but a new exhibition of medieval clothing shows that the fashion was also adopted by bold, gender-fluid ...

A knight in "shining armor" wielding a sword or lance is an iconic medieval image, but more advanced weapons also appeared in ...

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