Chivalry

How Belgium’s Catholic king led nation through WWI and its darkest days

December 21, 2022

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 26, 2022

El Cid Is Banished From the Kingdom of León and Castile

May 5, 2022

March 22 – Converted by Chivalry

March 21, 2022

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 27, 2021

The Sublime Glory of the Holy Land’s Military Orders

March 18, 2021

The French Crusaders’ Victories Came From Their High Admiration of Honor and Bravery

February 11, 2021

Medieval Chansons de Geste Were Not Just Epics, but Popular Catechisms

October 15, 2020

Excerpts from the speech by King George VI on VJ Day, 1945

August 20, 2020

The Squire Was Usually Dubbed a Knight at Twenty-One

August 6, 2020

A Good Son Saves His Noble Parents From Great Peril

July 30, 2020

Be Faithful to Your Duty and Fight, But Never Surrender the City

July 9, 2020

Charlemagne: God’s Providential Man for the Eighth Century

May 28, 2020

The Thunder of Battle During the Crusades

May 21, 2020

The King of France Used Lettres de Cachet to uphold Parental Authority and Family Honor

April 23, 2020

On the Cusp of Battle During the Crusades

April 16, 2020

More Than Ever, Today We Need to Observe Chivalry’s Commandment: “Never Lie!”

March 26, 2020

Even Today One Can Be a True Knight!

March 19, 2020

Any Knight Could Dub Another Knight

March 12, 2020

The Crusades Were Acts of Faith

January 16, 2020

Popes, Kings, and Church Fathers Condemned the Tournament

January 9, 2020

The Feudal Lord was a Gentle Father

December 19, 2019

The Benedictio Novi Militis

December 12, 2019

Knights Were Dubbed After Battle

December 5, 2019

Most Knights Were Either Sons of Knights or Young Nobles

November 21, 2019

A Knight Often Started His Career Being Tested With Poverty

November 14, 2019

The Vocation of Knighthood

November 7, 2019

A Knight’s Largesse

October 31, 2019

The Knightly Virtues of Sincerity, Chastity, and Charity

October 24, 2019

Chivalry: An Institution That Was Open To Most Men

October 10, 2019

Knighting Ceremony of the Order of Saint John

September 19, 2019

The Degradation of a False and Disloyal Knight

September 5, 2019

Church Formula for a Knight’s Receiving of the Sword

August 22, 2019

But for Just War, the West Would Be Muslim, Pagan, or Barbarian

August 22, 2019

Saint Augustine and Just War

August 15, 2019

A Knight Is Made, Armed, or Dubbed

August 1, 2019

July 22 – The Siege of Belgrade (1456)

July 18, 2019

A Commandment of Chivalry: Never Lie

July 11, 2019

The True Cross Is Lost in the Crusaders’ Defeat by Saladin at the Horns of Hattin

July 4, 2019

Chivalry: How Was it Born?

July 4, 2019

The Catholic Theory of War and the Soldier

June 27, 2019

Chivalry As The Eighth Sacrament

June 20, 2019

On Holy Thursday, King Saint Ferdinand washes the feet of twelve poor men

April 15, 2019

The First Crusade Was a Clash of Civilizations

November 8, 2018

October 15 – Casimir Pulaski

October 11, 2018

October 9 – Superb and valiant knight

October 8, 2018

Why celebrate Columbus Day?

October 4, 2018

October 2 – The Holy Guardian Angels

October 1, 2018

September 29 – The Angelic Inspiration of Chivalry

September 27, 2018

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 27, 2018

Deus Vult! God Wills it! Have Enthusiasm for Our Lady! – Part 2

May 31, 2018

Deus Vult! God Wills it! Have Enthusiasm for Our Lady! – Part 1

May 24, 2018

May 16 – Leper King

May 14, 2018

Justice: A Forgotten Virtue

April 26, 2018

The Truce of God: The Medieval Church as Peace-Maker

April 19, 2018

God Rewarded Christendom For the Reconquista and the First Crusade with Wisdom and Civilization

April 12, 2018

March 20 – “Welcome, Father, but you come late”

March 19, 2018

February 20 – Leaders and future nobility appear in times of desperate distress

February 19, 2018

Saint Bernard: “The penance for your sins is to defend the Holy Land!”

November 30, 2017

November 25 – The day a 16 year old invalid and a handful of men defeated a huge professional army

November 23, 2017

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