Before they came under the exclusive employment of the Pope, these Swiss soldiers had other priorities. During the 15th century ... design the original 16th-century uniforms, it has been ...

Join our Whatsapp channel JERUSALEM: Graffiti with the name of a 15th-century Swiss knight has been discovered in Jerusalem, carved into the walls of a building where pilgrims stayed, the Israel ...

Gauntlets were armored gloves typically used by European soldiers and knights beginning in the 11th century, but finding one that dates back further than the 15th ... serves as a Swiss heritage ...

Only five 14th-century gauntlets have been discovered in Switzerland, none as well preserved as this Kyburg gauntlet, according to the Zurich cantonal infrastructure department. Swiss ...