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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Ancient Rome: A State Born From Patriarchal Societies

November 17, 2011

The classic work of Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient City, initially welcomed with enthusiasm, came under criticism over the course of time. Some, for example, faulted it for being too “systematic.” Nonetheless, by its exemplary erudition, its lucidity of thought, and its clarity of exposition, The Ancient City still ranks among the true […]

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November 17 – This Queen Cared for the Sick and Suffering

November 17, 2011

St. Elizabeth of Hungary Also called St. Elizabeth of Thuringia, born in Hungary, probably at Pressburg, 1207; died at Marburg, Hesse, 17 November (not 19 November), 1231. She was a daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary (1205-35) and his wife Gertrude, a member of the family of the Counts of Andechs-Meran; Elizabeth’s brother succeeded […]

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November 18 – He Started the Cluniac Reform

November 17, 2011

St. Odo of Cluny Odo was born in 879 in Maine, and was the son of a pious and surprisingly learned layman, Abbo. Though vowed by his father to St. Martin in babyhood, he was given a military training and became a page at the court of Duke William. But the exercises of war and […]

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Reaction and Historical Immobility

November 10, 2011

Chapter II 1. What Is To Be Restored If the Revolution is disorder, the Counter-Revolution is the restoration of order. And by order we mean the peace of Christ in the Reign of Christ, that is, Christian civilization, austere and hierarchical, fundamentally sacral, antiegalitarian, and antiliberal. 2. What Is To Be Innovated However, by force […]

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November 11 – Patron of Veterans and Soldiers

November 10, 2011

St. Martin of Tours Bishop; born at Sabaria (today Steinamanger in German, or Szombathely in Hungarian), Pannonia (Hungary), about 316; died at Candes, Touraine, most probably in 397. In his early years, when his father, a military tribune, was transferred to Pavia in Italy, Martin accompanied him thither, and when he reached adolescence was, in […]

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The donkey, St. Martin, and the Wine

November 10, 2011

Old legend says that while St. Martin was visiting a monastery, his donkey enjoyed itself eating the grape vines outside in the vineyard. When the monks perceived the destruction they uttered loud cries believing the vineyard was ruined beyond redemption. But the grape vines recovered, and to the monks’ absolute amazement, the grapes that autumn […]

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St. Martin Croissants

November 10, 2011

Over the centuries, commemorations of St. Martin’s feast day have given rise to many customs and traditions. One of them is the St. Martin croissant. Known as Rogal Świętomarciński or marcinki in Poland, these St. Martin’s croissants are a source of special pride in the Poznań region, where tons of them are consumed in the […]

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November 12 – Constable of France: he fought his entire life and died in battle at age 74

November 10, 2011

Anne de Montmorency had proven many times before that his race does not degenerate and the brave blood of an illustrious line of ancestors flowed in his veins. Imperious, severe, of a stern mood, he had undeniable bravery and strict fidelity to his duty. Although success had not always been on a par with his […]

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Video Tribute to Colonel John Ripley (USMC)

November 10, 2011

He had endeared himself to Marines for 40 years. He was a legend already in life. His example as Catholic father, model Marine, and fearless contender in the Cultural War is looked up to and admired by millions of Americans. Video

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November 10 – First Pope to Be Called “Great”

November 10, 2011

Pope St. Leo I (the Great) Place and date of birth unknown; died 10 November, 461. (Reigned 440-61). Leo’s pontificate, next to that of St. Gregory I, is the most significant and important in Christian antiquity. At a time when the Church was experiencing the greatest obstacles to her progress in consequence of the hastening […]

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A repentant Don John of Austria receives Holy Communion

November 7, 2011

[Don John of Austria] set out at the end of October, without saying farewell to anyone, and, as the story goes, went to the Escorial to return again to Madrid, where Escovedo awaited him, arranging with the Treasurer Garnica the necessary funds for paying the troops in Flanders. At the Escorial D. John took leave […]

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The decay of the Middle Ages

November 7, 2011

In the fourteenth century, a transformation of mentality began to take place in Christian Europe; in the course of the fifteenth century, it became ever more apparent. The thirst for earthly pleasures became a burning desire. Diversions became more and more frequent and sumptuous, increasingly engrossing men. In dress, manners, language, literature, and art, the […]

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November 7 – He Went on Crusade to Atone for His Sins

November 7, 2011

Saint Engelbert of Cologne Archbishop of that city (1216-1225); born at Berg, about 1185; died near Schwelm, 7 November 1225. His father was Engelbert, Count of Berg, his mother, Margaret, daughter of the Count of Gelderland. He studied at the cathedral school of Cologne and while still a boy was, according to an abuse of […]

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Britain’s oldest family business opened when Henry VIII ruled

November 7, 2011

RJ Balson and Sons, a butchers based in Bridport, Dorset, boasts an astonishing history that is almost 500 years old. Experts have traced the businesses roots back through 25 generations to when founder John Balson opened a stall in the town’s market on South Street in 1535. Since then dozens of family members have worked […]

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November 4 – Fearless and Faithful, He Reformed the Church

November 3, 2011

St. Charles Borromeo Archbishop of Milan, Cardinal-Priest of the Title of St. Prassede, Papal Secretary of State under Pius IV, and one of the chief factors in the Catholic Counter-Reformation , was born in the Castle of Arona, a town on the southern shore of the Lago Maggiore in northern Italy, 2 October, 1538; died […]

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November 3 – The patron of the hunt

November 3, 2011

St. Hubert Confessor, thirty-first Bishop of Maastricht, first Bishop of Liège, and Apostle of the Ardennes, born about 656; died at Fura (the modern Tervueren), Brabant, 30 May, 727 or 728. He was honored in the Middle Ages as the patron of huntsmen, and the healer of hydrophobia (rabies). He was the eldest son of […]

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Video clip of a French hunting club at its St. Hubert Mass

November 3, 2011

Saint Hubert has been the patron saint of hunters for centuries. This short video clip shows a French hunt club at its annual St. Hubert Mass in 2009. In the town square outside the church, framed by charming houses and shops, the huntsmen play their horns and the hounds pile up on each other to […]

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The Pacifist and Antimilitarist Character of the Revolution

November 3, 2011

[previous] The pacifist and therefore antimilitarist character of the Revolution is easily grasped in light of the preceding chapter. 1. Science Will Bring an End to War, The Military, and Police In the technological paradise of the Revolution, peace has to be perpetual, for science has shown that war is evil, and technology can overcome […]

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Athanase de Charette and the Battle of Mentana

November 3, 2011

It was a dark and gloomy morning, pouring rain, when this little army of some five thousand men filed out of the Porta Pia in a colorful parade, Pius IX’s Swiss General Rafael de Courten’s papal troops leading and the French contingent bringing up the rear…. Famous since classical times as a suburban retreat some […]

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November 1 – She judged Israel

October 31, 2011

Deborah the Prophetess (also known as Debbora the Judge, Deborah the Matriarch) Prophetess and judge: she was the wife of Lapidoth and was endowed by God with prophetic gifts which secured for her the veneration of the divided Israelitic tribes and gave her great authority over them. Her wisdom was first displayed in settling litigious […]

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Louis XVI forbids the use of a more destructive explosive

October 31, 2011

The Italian scientist Poli invented an explosive ten times more powerful than gunpowder and he detonated it during an exhibition before Louis XVI. Pondering on the destructive power he had just seen, the king turned to Poli and said: “Your invention is most terrible and I will reward you for your studies. However, war is […]

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Is Being Noble and Leading a Noble’s Life Incompatible with Sanctity?

October 31, 2011

The current misunderstanding of nobility and the analogous traditional elites results largely from the adroit but biased propaganda spread against them by the French Revolution. Such propaganda, continuously disseminated throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by ideological and political currents spawned by the French Revolution, has been challenged by serious historiography with growing efficacy. This […]

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October 31 – He forced the devil to build a church

October 31, 2011

St. Wolfgang Bishop of Ratisbon (972-994), born about 934; died at the village of Pupping in upper Austria, 31 October, 994. The name Wolfgang is of early German origin. St. Wolfgang was one of the three brilliant stars of the tenth century, St. Ulrich, St. Conrad, and St. Wolfgang, which illuminated the early medieval period […]

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Marie Antoinette took care of the sick and needy herself

October 27, 2011

Whenever succoring the sick and the needy, Marie Antoinette never stopped to consider the distance between her social position and that of the unfortunate person she was assisting. One day, as some of the Queen’s servants entered her suite, they were astonished to find her taking care of an old man who was lying down. […]

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