There are even examples of ceremonial armor made for children. Combined with silk and other luxury fabrics, a Renaissance knight’s armor was as much about defensive protection as it was about ...

Instead, we will be appropriately chivalrous to Karl of Germany, who has revived the Old World art of hand-crafting highly ornate ceremonial suits of armor for collectors, businesses and knights ...

In due course, he developed a reputation as an exemplary knight. Ceremonial Armor of Charles V, Austrian (Innsbruck) and German (Augsburg), ca. 1512–14. Conrad ... More Seusenhofer (first ...

White copyright the Metropolitan Museum One aim of “The Last Knight: The Art ... with Maximilian enrich the heraldic atmosphere. Ceremonial Armor of Charles V Austrian (Innsbruck) and German ...

A knight in shining armor wasn’t just a warrior ... whole suits of steel battle armor were on their way out, with only some ceremonial elements remaining. “Once guns become commonplace ...

Armor like a knight on horseback. A helmet with bright-colored plumes sticking out. Wide blue and gold-striped pants that can seem almost clown-like. The Swiss Guard, the pope’s iconic bodyguards, ...

It ain’t easy being a knight in shining armor. Just ask Carl Fisk. The 25-year-old Brooklyn actor and personal trainer has sustained plenty of bumps by strapping on 60 pounds of medieval ...

In ceremonies, it signifies the dignity of an institution; as a weapon, the mace was used by a mounted knight to unseat opponents in battle and tournament by smashing his opponent’s armor ... both ...

NEW YORK — Even in a city where pretty much anything goes, the sight and sound of knights in shining armor swinging swords at each other still draws a crowd. “Are you ready for a medieval ...