Beneath the towering concrete trunks of the Rockridge BART station in Oakland, Pleasanton resident Dr. Robert Holland dons chain mail and plated armor as he takes up his alter-ego, Prince of the Mists ...
Beyond the armor and glory lies a harsh reality. From brutal combat training and feudal duty to the rituals of chivalry and battlefield bloodshed, this deep dive reveals the true life of a medieval ...
From the politics and the tournaments, to quieter elements like the danger of childbirth, Westeros borrows plenty from ...
Medieval knights are one of those things where the fiction outweighs the facts. Knights served as a part of the aristocracy for most of Europe, far from popular films’ hallowed heroism or comedic ...
Two heavily armored knights glowered through barred visors. Then loud clacks rang out as their swords and shields collided, as both combatants aimed for victory via a fatal blow to the chest, back or ...
In contemporary literature, the Order of the Knights Templar was the focus of novels by Dan Brown (“The DaVinci Code”), Umberto Eco (“Foucault’s Pendulum”) and Ken Follett (“The Pillars of the Earth”) ...
OAKLAND, Calif. — Beneath the towering concrete trunks of the Rockridge train station in Oakland, Dr. Robert Holland dons chain mail and plated armor as he takes up his alter-ego, Prince of the Mists, ...