Maria Feodorovna, Tsarina of all the Russias, Patron of the Impoverished Nobility

December 26, 2011

Maria Feodorovna, Tsarina of all the Russias, was born princess of Württemberg on October 25, 1758. She was the second wife of Tsar Paul I, who fought against Napoleon Bonaparte, when the latter began to expand the egalitarian tenets of the French Revolution militarily to the rest of Europe. Among her numerous accomplishments, Tsarina Maria […]

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Video – Pueri Concinite – The King is born!

December 26, 2011
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December 27 – Fabiola, Splendor of the Gens Fabia

December 26, 2011

St. Fabiola of Rome A Roman matron of rank, died 27 December, 399 or 400. She was one of the company of noble Roman women who, under the influence of St. Jerome, gave up all earthly pleasures and devoted themselves to the practice of Christian asceticism and to charitable work. At the time of St. […]

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This One Leadership Quality Will Make or Break You

December 26, 2011

“Nothing tells the world more about a leader than what or who they pursue – that which you pursue is that which you value. If you message to your organization you value talent, but don’t treat people well and don’t spend time developing the talent around you, then I would suggest you value rhetoric more than […]

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God the Son Willed to Be Born of Royal Stock in Order to Gather in His Person Every Kind of Grandeur

December 22, 2011

From the writings on Saint Joseph by Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868): When God the Father resolved to give His Son to the world, He wanted to do it honorably, for He is worthy of all honor and all praise. He thus prepared Him a court and royal service worthy of Him: God wanted, even […]

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Video – Queen Elizabeth Explains the Reason for the Season

December 22, 2011

“I hope that, like me, you will be comforted by the example of Jesus of Nazareth who, often in circumstances of great adversity, managed to live an outgoing, unselfish and sacrificial life. Countless millions of people around the world continue to celebrate his birthday at Christmas, inspired by his teaching. He makes it clear that […]

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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee royal barge design unveiled

December 22, 2011

The first image has been released of the royal barge that will carry the Queen down the Thames during her Diamond Jubilee celebrations next year.   The vessel will lead a 1,000-strong flotilla along the river on 3 June, as the monarch marks 60 years on the throne. She will be joined on board by […]

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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Emblem – New Zealand

December 22, 2011

Governor-General Lt. Gen. The Rt. Hon. Sir Jerry Mateparae released a new emblem November 29th to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II next year. “Queen Elizabeth has been our Queen since 6 February 1952,” Sir Jerry said.  “She continues to be held in very high regard by the people of this country.  As […]

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Last Will and Testament of Louis XVI

December 22, 2011

The last Will and Testament of Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre, given on Christmas day, 1792. In the name of the Very holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. To-day, the 25th day of December, 1792, I, Louis XVI King of France, being for more than four months imprisoned with my family in […]

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December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 22, 2011

Saint John of Cirita Memorial: 23 December Benedictine monk, also known as John Ziritu. Hermit in Galacia. Monk at Toronca, Portugal, which he helped turn into a Cistercian house. Wrote the Rule of the Knights of Aviz (Portuguese: Ordem Militar de Avis).  Died, c. 1164. The Military Order of St. Benedict of Aviz A military […]

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December 23 – He Always Held His Soul in His Hands

December 22, 2011

Saint Antônio de Sant’Anna Galvão Born 1739, in the village of Santo Antonio da Vila de Guaratinguetá, Brazil; died 23 December, 1822, at the Convent of Light, São Paulo, Brazil. His father, also named Anthony, belonged to an illustrious Portuguese family and was well educated, as evidenced by his writings. He excelled in business, the […]

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Our Lord Jesus Christ Willed to Be Born Poor, but He Also Wanted to Have a Signal Relationship with the Aristocracy

December 19, 2011

From the allocution of Benedict XV to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility on January 5, 1917: Before God there is no preference of persons. Yet there is no doubt, writes Saint Bernard, that the virtue of nobles is more pleasing to Him, because it is more resplendent. Jesus Christ Himself was noble, as were Mary […]

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The Story of Jambe d’Argent and M. Jacques

December 19, 2011

After the destruction of the Catholic army, a fresh force was formed out of the few remaining Vendeans and the inhabitants of Maine. These had no regular chiefs, the boldest, or he who struck out the best plan for the occasion, marching at the head of his comrades; if his plan failed, or a better […]

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December 19 – Tumultuous Times Reveal Noble Souls

December 19, 2011

Pope Blessed Urban V Guillaume de Grimoard, born at Grisac in Languedoc, 1310; died at Avignon, 19 December, 1370. Born of a knightly family, he was educated at Montpellier and Toulouse, and became a Benedictine monk at the little priory of Chirac near his home. A Bull of 1363 informs us that he was professed […]

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Louis XIV’s last words to his great-grandson, the Dauphin

December 15, 2011

[Louis XIV] sent for the Dauphin, who was lifted by his governess on to an elbow-chair beside the bed. The boy had very dark big eyes, a chubby face and a pretty rosebud mouth. A lifetime ago Louis had been just such a small boy brought to a king’s bedside. Louis gazed at him with […]

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The Priesthood of the Nobility—Allocution of Benedict XV to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility on January 5, 1920

December 15, 2011

In the recent annual commemoration of the Birth of Jesus Christ, there resounded in our faith the heavenly chant of the angels raising their hymns to God and to peace. Since that happy day there has not ceased to echo around Us, as in harmonious concert, voices of good will and affection that Our faraway […]

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Video Tribute to Empress Zita

December 15, 2011
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December 16 – The Most Important Woman of Her Century

December 15, 2011

St. Adelaide, Empress (931 or 932 – 16 December 999), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second consort to Otto the Great, Holy Roman Emperor and perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century; she was regent of the Holy Roman Empire as the guardian of her grandson in 991-995. The second […]

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December 16 – Whistleblower Saint

December 15, 2011

St. Ado, Archbishop of Vienne, Confessor Born about 800, in the diocese of Sens; died 16 December, 875. He was brought up at the Benedictine Abbey of Ferrières, and had as one of his masters the Abbot Lupus Servatus, one of the most celebrated humanists of those times. By his brilliant talents and assiduous application […]

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The Great Captain and his form of leadership

December 12, 2011

The Great Captain rode up and down, reining in here and there to address now one, now another man by name, cracking jokes, having a cheerful word for some, giving others a challenge he knew would be met: “To one standard-bearer, Londoño, he said, ‘Londoño, I know who will be the first to set the […]

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The Inequality of Rights Is Legitimate

December 12, 2011

Pius XI affirms in the encyclical Divini Redemptoris, of March 19, 1937: “It is not true that all have equal rights in civil society. It is not true that there exists no lawful social hierarchy.”   Rev. Joseph Jusslein, S.J., ed., Social Wellsprings (Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Co., 1942), Vol. 2, p. 354 in Plinio Corrêa […]

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December 13 – Venerated From Time Immemorial

December 12, 2011

St. Lucy A virgin and martyr of Syracuse in Sicily, whose feast is celebrated by Latins and Greeks alike on 13 Dec. According to the traditional story, she was born of rich and noble parents about the year 283. Her father was of Roman origin, but his early death left her dependent upon her mother, […]

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Saint Lucy Day and Saint Lucy Buns

December 12, 2011

Sadly, Scandinavia joined the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century and thus lost that link with the Papacy forged in 960 with the baptism of Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, king of Denmark and Norway. With Protestantism, devotion to most saints was abandoned, but among the few that remained was Saint Lucy, the noble virgin-martyr of Syracuse, […]

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Video – Saint Lucy Day candle ceremony in Sweden

December 12, 2011

In Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland, Saint Lucy is venerated on her feast day, December 13, in a ceremony where a young girl is chosen to portray the noble virgin and martyr. Wearing a white gown with a red sash and a crown of candles on her head, she walks at the head of a […]

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December 13 – The Grandmother of the Marquise de Sévigné

December 12, 2011

St. Jane Frances de Chantal Born at Dijon, France, 28 January, 1572; died at the Visitation Convent Moulins, 13 December, 1641. Her father was president of the Parliament of Burgundy, and leader of the royalist party during the League that brought about the triumph of the cause of Henry IV. In 1592 she married Baron […]

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December 12 – Guadalupe: She Who Smashes the Serpent

December 12, 2011

by Cesar Franco Pope Pius XII gave Our Lady of Guadalupe the title of “Empress of the Americas” in 1945. Since December 12 is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, this is a propitious moment to recall how She reigns over our nation from Heaven, protecting and guiding us with Motherly solicitude and tenderness. […]

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Palace of Holyroodhouse offering Christmas Tours of the Royal Apartments

December 8, 2011

Christmas at the Palace of Holyroodhouse Two three-metre Christmas trees are on display at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.  The Noble Firs can be seen in the historic Throne Room, once Charles II’s Guard Chamber, and the Great Gallery, the largest room in the Palace.  The trees are hung with festive baubles in the shape of […]

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Don John of Austria: the boy was a born soldier

December 8, 2011

Periodically [Doña Magdalena] wrote about these things to Quijada, who passed them on to a mysterious person, whom we shall often meet in the course of this history. “The person who is in my charge [Don John of Austria],” she wrote about then, “is in good health and to my mind is growing and is […]

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The Difficulty in Forming the State

December 8, 2011

One can easily imagine two things: first, that this religion proper to each city must have formed the city in a powerful and almost unshakeable way—it is, in fact, marvelous how this social organization has endured, in spite of its faults and chances of ruin; secondly, that this religion must have had the effect, over […]

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December 9 – The Banker Who Could Recite the Summa

December 8, 2011

St. Peter Fourier Known as LE BON PÈRE DE MATTAINCOURT (Good Father of Mattaincourt), born at Mirecourt, Lorraine, 30 Nov., 1565 died at Gray, Haute-Saône, 9 Dec., 1640. At fifteen he was sent to the University of Pont-à-Mousson. His piety and learning led many noble families to ask him to educate their sons. He became […]

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December 8 – Celebrate Privilege

December 8, 2011

Pope Pius IX’s definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception had varied but profound repercussions from all over the civilized world. The new dogma deeply shocked the essentially egalitarian mentality of the French Revolution, which since 1789 had despotically held sway in the West. To see a mere creature elevated so far above all […]

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Sale Ends Today! Order Now! This Christmas gift is “royal and noble”

December 8, 2011

Why giving the Nobility Book for Christmas is a royal idea Dear Nobility subscriber, If you have friends and family who. . .          appreciate quality          disdain cheap “Made in China” Christmas trinkets, and          admire what is noble, refined and sublime. . . . . .then the book Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites […]

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Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon, Marques of Cadiz, takes Alhama by storm

December 5, 2011

The Marques [of Cadiz] had a secret conference with Don Pedro Enriquez, Adelantado of Andalusia; Don Diego de Merlo, Commander of Seville; Sancho de Avila, Alcayde of Carmona, and others, who all agreed to aid him with their forces. On an appointed day, the several commanders assembled at Marchena with their troops and retainers. None […]

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Civitas and Urbs

December 5, 2011

Civitas and urbs, which we render as city, were not synonymous among the ancients. The civitas was the religious and political association of the families of a tribe; the urbs was the place of reunion, the domicile, and, above all, the sanctuary of this association…. Once the families, the phratries, and the tribes agreed to […]

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December 6 – Martyr of the Muslims

December 5, 2011

St. Peter Paschal, Bishop and Martyr This saint was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1227, and descended of the ancient family of the Paschals, which had edified the Church by the triumphs of five glorious martyrs, which it produced under the Moors. Peter’s parents were virtuous and exceedingly charitable; and St. Peter Nolasco often lodged […]

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Video – Importance of a Marriage to a Princess

December 1, 2011
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The Wedding That Saved the English Colonists

December 1, 2011

Researchers believe they have found the actual site of the wedding of Pocahantas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, at the archeological site of Jamestown, Virginia. Researcher William Kelso says the wedding event was pivotal in colonial history. “With that wedding, the Indians backed off and there was no more fighting,” Kelso recalled. Near the James River, […]

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RIP – King Leka I

December 1, 2011

On November 30, 2011, His Majesty King Leka I died of heart failure in Tirana, Albania. Albanian President Bamir Topi, Prime Minister Berisha and political parties sent condolences to the Royal family. “His active efforts and role to topple the communist system and, during transition, to heighten Albania’s national values and promote the integrating process […]

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

December 1, 2011

On the night of December 1 [1870], the Zouaves were ordered to advance to Patay, where Joan of Arc had won a renowned victory against the English. [General Louis-Gaston de] Sonis asked [Colonel Athanase de] Charette, who had no flag of his own, to lend him the Zouaves’. This banner had a curious history….  [I]n […]

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Family, Curia or Phratry, and Tribe

December 1, 2011

The study of ancient rules of private law allowed us to glimpse, beyond so-called historic times, a period of centuries during which the family was the only form of society. This family then contained many thousands of human beings within its large frame. But within this framework human association was still too narrow; too narrow […]

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December 1 – He Hid Priests in His Manorhouse

December 1, 2011

Blessed Richard Langley Layman and martyr, b. probably at Grimthorpe, Yorks, England, date unknown; d. at York, 1 Dec., 1586. From his father, Richard Langley, of Rathorpe Hall, Walton, he probably inherited Rathorpe, but for the greater part of his life continued to reside on his estate at Ousethorpe, in the East Riding. His mother […]

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December 2 – Cause of Our Joy

December 1, 2011

Our Lady of Joy (aka Notre Dame de Liesse, or Causa Nostrae Laetitiae) In 1134 three Knights of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, prisoners of the Muslims in Egypt, miraculously found or received in their prison a statue of Our Lady, which they named Our Lady of Joy, or Notre Dame de Liesse. […]

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Hurry! This one time offer is about to expire! This Christmas gift is “royal and noble”

December 1, 2011

Why giving the Nobility Book for Christmas is a royal idea Dear Nobility subscriber, If you have friends and family who. . .          appreciate quality          disdain cheap “Made in China” Christmas trinkets, and          admire what is noble, refined and sublime. . . . . .then the book Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites […]

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Video – Siege of Jasna Góra

November 28, 2011
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Lessons in Psychological Warfare – Siege of Jasna Góra, November 28-December 27, 1655

November 28, 2011

This account of the siege of  Częstochowa is based on the Memoirs of the Siege of Czestochowa by Father Augustine Kordecki (Pamietnik oblezenia Częstochowy, edited and with a preface by Jan Tokarski, London, Veritas, 1956.) Written by Friar Kordecki in response to a wish of King Casimir, these memoirs were originally published in Latin in […]

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The City Is Formed

November 28, 2011

The tribe, like the family and the phratry, was set up to be an independent body, since it had a special cult from which strangers were excluded. Once formed, no new family could be admitted. Nor could two tribes merge into a single tribe; their religion was against it. But, just as several phratries united […]

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November 29 – His Grandfather Defeated Charles Martel in Battle

November 28, 2011

St. Radbod, Bishop of Utrecht, Confessor This holy prelate was, by his father, of noble French extraction; and, by his mother, Radbod, the last king or prince of the Frisons was his great grandfather, whose name was given him by his mother. The first tincture of learning and piety he received under the tuition of […]

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Prince William to the Rescue

November 28, 2011

“Prince William joined a frantic rescue mission Sunday after a cargo ship sank in the Irish Sea, leaving several crew members missing. The second in line to the British throne, who is a Royal Air Force helicopter pilot and known professionally as Flight Lt. William Wales, was aboard an aircraft which rescued two crew members […]

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November 25 – The Battle of Montgisard

November 24, 2011

The Battle of Montgisard was fought between the Ayyubids and the Kingdom of Jerusalem on November 25, 1177. The 16 year old King Baldwin IV, seriously afflicted by leprosy, led an out-numbered Christian force against the army of Saladin. The Islamic force was routed and their casualties were massive, only a fraction managed to flee […]

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The Concept of Family in the Ancient World

November 24, 2011

One can then glimpse a long period during which men had no form of society other than the family…. Each family has its religion, its gods, its priesthood…. Each family also has its property, that is to say, its parcel of land inseparably attached to it through religion…. In short, each family has its leader, […]

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November 25 – She Defied the Emperor

November 24, 2011

St. Catherine of Alexandria A virgin and martyr whose feast is celebrated in the Latin Church and in the various Oriental churches on 25 November, and who for almost six centuries was the object of a very popular devotion. Of noble birth and learned in the sciences, when only eighteen years old, Catherine presented herself […]

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This Christmas gift is “royal and noble”

November 24, 2011

Why giving the Nobility Book for Christmas is a royal idea Dear Nobility subscriber, If you have friends and family who. . .          appreciate quality          disdain cheap “Made in China” Christmas trinkets, and          admire what is noble, refined and sublime. . . . . .then the book Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites […]

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When the fighting is over, there are no enemies, only men

November 21, 2011

Philip, Duke of Orleans, who later became Regent during the childhood of Louis XV, fought at the battle of Steinkerque under the command of the Marshal of Luxembourg. Once victory had been won, the Duke labored personally in helping the wounded, including the English enemy. When someone suggested that it was unnecessary to apply himself […]

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The Gens of the Romans and the Génos of the Greeks

November 21, 2011

In the difficult problems that history often presents to us, it is good to seek all possible illumination in the terms of language. An institution is sometimes explained by the word with which it is designated. In Latin, the word gens is exactly the same as the word genus, to the point that one can […]

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November 22 – The Eternal Glory of the Caecilia Family

November 21, 2011

 St. Cecilia Virgin and martyr, patroness of church music, died at Rome. This saint, so often glorified in the fine arts and in poetry, is one of the most venerated martyrs of Christian antiquity. The oldest historical account of St. Cecilia is found in the “Martyrologium Hieronymianum”; from this it is evident that her feast […]

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Video – Royal Wedding: H.R.H Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, November 20, 1947

November 21, 2011

 

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The Ecologist Has No Clothes…

November 21, 2011

“When Esbjorn Wilmar, of Infinergy, which builds and operates [wind] turbines, introduced himself to the Duke [of Edinburgh] at a reception in London, he found himself on the end of an outspoken attack on his industry. Mr Wilmar said his attempts to argue that onshore wind farms were one of the most cost-effective forms of […]

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Occupy Equality

November 21, 2011

The Inequality Map by David Brooks, The New York Times “I will provide you with a guide to the American inequality map to help you avoid embarrassment. “Ancestor inequality is not socially acceptable. It is not permissible to go around bragging that your family came over on the Mayflower and that you are descended from […]

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This Christmas gift is “royal and noble”

November 17, 2011

Why giving the Nobility Book for Christmas is a royal idea Dear Nobility subscriber, If you have friends and family who. . .          appreciate quality          disdain cheap “Made in China” Christmas trinkets, and          admire what is noble, refined and sublime. . . . . .then the book Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites […]

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Marie Antoinette organizes the rescue of a hurt postillion

November 17, 2011

While organizing emergency measures for a postillion of her carriage who had been hurt in the exercise of his duties, Marie Antoinette addressed those she was giving instructions to as “my friend.” —    My friend, go and bring the doctors. —    My friend, go and fetch a gurney. —    My friend, see if he is […]

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