When images of the Middle Ages are conjured up, guns, cannons, and other gunpowder weapons rarely come to mind. In fact, most people would understandably be mistaken for believing that firearms only ...

It all had to start somewhere, and for handheld firearms in Europe, genesis is what we call the "handgonne" or hand cannon, a ...

Four early Anglo-Saxon swords uncovered during a recent archaeological excavation I took part in each tell a story about how weapons were viewed at the time. There was also a striking discovery of a ...