The film, directed by Ridley Scott and also starring Adam Driver, is in theaters Oct. 15 Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Jodie Comer are at the center of one of the last medieval duels in history in their ...

On sunny Friday afternoons at Northwestern, foam swords clash against shields and other weapons as fighters duel each other on Deering Meadow. The fighters are part of the Belegarth Medieval Combat ...

Over the course of four seasons, "Game of Thrones" viewers have gotten used to blood sprays, beheadings and all manner of grisly spectacle. The climactic duel in Sunday's episode seemed to raise the ...

The newest thing in the mixed martial arts scene is straight out of the Middle Ages. Back in August, Russian MMA promoter M-1 Global took a page out of Game of Thrones when thinking up new ways to ...

The armored combat sport of "buhurt" — from an old French word meaning "to wallop" — delivers adrenaline and violence surpassing the bashing found in hockey and football. (Mike Barry / For The Times) ...

Medieval-weapons expert Toby Capwell and master-at-arms of the London Longsword Academy Dave Rawlings look at seven duels from movies and TV and rate them based on realism. They discuss the rules and ...

One way to tackle a difficult, challenging, taboo or otherwise complicated subject on film is to set the story in a period far, far away from our recognizable present, which often allows screenwriters ...

Crusader Kings III is all about the grimy business of medieval politics, and while duels have existed in the grand strategy game since launch, they've heretofore been a bit abstract. It turns out ...

The representation of the Medieval Era as people might know it, from general understanding and pop culture, is very different from its reality. Life expectancy was shorter, but not drastically so.

ELK, Wash. — A Spokane-area group that practices medieval recreations is looking for another place to do their time-traveling. The Adrian Empire currently meets monthly in Elk. It’s a local chapter of ...

The Riemann Hypothesis is one of the most famous problems in that set. It’s about prime numbers. That’s any whole number that can only be divided by 1 and itself – like 2, 3, 5, 7 and 11.