History of Western Civilization

September 12 – The Holy Name of the Virgin Mary; in thanksgiving for the victory over the Turks at Vienna

September 12, 2013

September 12 – Simon de Montfort Crushes the Albigensians at Muret

September 12, 2013

September 14 – Formerly a sign of abject disgrace, it now adorns even crowns and crests

September 12, 2013

September 11 – Italian army invades the Papal State without a declaration of war

September 9, 2013

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 5, 2013

August 28 – Restless Heart

August 26, 2013

August 22 – The pope who preached a Crusade against the German Emperor Frederick II

August 22, 2013

August 23 – St. Rose of Lima

August 22, 2013

Military Order of Calatrava – the knights who slept in armour

August 15, 2013

Military Order of Montesa

August 12, 2013

The Knights Templars

July 25, 2013

July 16 – Alfonso VIII of Castile crushes the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa

July 18, 2013

July 18 – A soldier of hell who became a soldier of heaven

July 18, 2013

July 17 – The day the Tsar was murdered

July 15, 2013

July 13 – The Crusaders attack Jerusalem

July 11, 2013

June 25 – Simon de Montfort

June 24, 2013

June 15 – The Northern Crusades

June 13, 2013

June 15 – Magna Carta

June 13, 2013

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 6, 2013

May 24 – Our Lady Help of Christians, to commemorate the liberation of the Pope from prison

May 23, 2013

Maria Cristina of Savoy to be beatified

May 16, 2013

May 14 – When the King Does Not Fulfill His Promises

May 14, 2013

As Dutch prepare for new king, republicans ask to abolish monarchy – The Christian Science Monitor

May 2, 2013

April 26 – She inspired the Albanians to resist the Turks

April 25, 2013

April 24 – “I came to extirpate heresy, not to embrace it”

April 22, 2013

April 16 – Martyred in the name of Equality

April 15, 2013

April 17 – How a duke rescued his country out from crushing debt despite incessant war

April 15, 2013

Emperor serves the table of the poor and washes their feet in imitation of Christ

March 28, 2013

Is it a resignation or an abdication? – CNN

February 14, 2013

February 8 – Mary Queen of Scots

February 7, 2013

January 31 – St. John Bosco Meets His First Noble Patroness

January 31, 2013

January 28 – Great in War and in Peace

January 28, 2013

220 years ago today, this king was put to death – just for being a king

January 21, 2013

January 21 – A Child Shall Lead Them

January 21, 2013

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 20, 2012

December 13 – Elected Pope to Fight the Emperor

December 13, 2012

December 1 – The Virgin Mary appears to General Gaston de Sonis after his army’s losses at Patay promising that France would survive

November 29, 2012

November 26 – How a Catholic Queen gave Spain its Golden Age

November 26, 2012

Perfume for Queen’s diamond jubilee – The Guardian

November 26, 2012

November 27 – The king who made France “First-born daughter of the Church”

November 26, 2012

November 25 – The Battle of Montgisard

November 22, 2012

Henry the Navigator Inaugurates the Age of Discovery

November 12, 2012

November 3 – The Battle of Mentana

November 1, 2012

October 25 – The original hood

October 25, 2012

October 23 – Knight, Lawyer, Governor, Ambassador, Friar, Prisoner, Reformer, Crusader General, Renaissance Saint

October 22, 2012

October 21 – Charles “The Hammer”

October 18, 2012

October 17 – The Battle of Cholet

October 15, 2012

September 27 – St. Vincent de Paul had special charity to the impoverished nobility

September 27, 2012

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 6, 2012

Prince Michael honours Allied soldiers

August 27, 2012

July 24 – She Was Fearless, Courageous, and Unswerving

July 23, 2012

July 16 – Alfonso VIII of Castile crushes the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa

July 16, 2012

July 17 – “You Do Not Know What You Do”

July 16, 2012

July 18 – This King Would Not Wear a Crown of Gold Where Jesus Wore a Crown of Thorns

July 16, 2012

Luxemburger Wort: Luxembourg adopts egalitarian Crown succession rights

July 5, 2012

The Guardian: Queen unveils memorial to Bomber Command

July 2, 2012

June 15 – Battle of Lyndanisse during the Northern Crusades

June 14, 2012

June 15 – King John of England signs Magna Carta

June 14, 2012

AFP: Britons cheer Queen in poignant jubilee finale

June 7, 2012

The Telegraph: Rare Navy plane to perform flypast at Queen’s Jubilee pageant

May 31, 2012

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