Ambience Customs & Civilization

The Hummingbird

August 7, 2014

Christian Spirit and Pagan Spirit Expressed in Architecture

August 4, 2014

June 30 – How One Humble Servant Transformed the New York Upper Class

June 30, 2014

What is Feudalism?

June 23, 2014

The Search for Meaning

June 12, 2014

Supernatural Aspects

June 9, 2014

Defining the Sublime

June 2, 2014

A Quest for Plenitude

May 29, 2014

The Quest for the Sublime

May 26, 2014

The Good, True, and Beautiful

May 19, 2014

Clashing worldviews: Equality vs. Christian Inequality

May 15, 2014

Returning to the Wellspring

May 12, 2014

Old Age: Decrepitude or Glory?

April 24, 2014

The Spiritual Dimension in Everyday Life

April 21, 2014

The Spiritual Dimension and Technology

April 17, 2014

Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, washes the feet of the poor on Holy Thursday

April 17, 2014

Queen Mary washes the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday

April 17, 2014

Queen Mary Welcomes the Sick on Good Friday

April 17, 2014

For Contrast: Two Royal Attitudes to Washing the Feet of the Poor

April 17, 2014

A Preferential Option for Quality

April 14, 2014

Self-Respect and Defending Ourselves from Massification

April 10, 2014

Dependency and Charity

April 7, 2014

Finding the Balance Between Dependence and Self-Sufficiency

April 3, 2014

The Special Role of Local Resources in Organic Society

March 13, 2014

Presuppositions of Local Production

March 10, 2014

Regional Foods Express Local Culture

March 3, 2014

Preferring One’s Own Region

February 27, 2014

The Formation of Regions

February 24, 2014

An Organic Society Has an Astonishing Self-Sufficiency

February 20, 2014

Subsidiarity and Man’s Pursuit of Self-Sufficiency

February 17, 2014

February 18 – Fra Angelico brought part of heaven to earth

February 17, 2014

Embedding Honor in Society

February 6, 2014

Character Not Capital

February 3, 2014

Riches and Honor

January 30, 2014

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

January 30, 2014

“Credo, Domine! Credo, Domine!”

January 27, 2014

November 20 – Queen Elizabeth II Wedding Anniversary

November 18, 2013

All Saints’ Day: How many saints were noble?

October 31, 2013

John Wayland: On the True Gentleman

October 24, 2013

The Feudal Bond: Establishing Friendship not Hatred

September 30, 2013

Prince Metternich and the world-renowned Sacher torte

September 19, 2013

Vital Flux

August 8, 2013

A Principle of Autonomy

July 15, 2013

Teacups and mugs: quality and quantity

July 1, 2013

Afternoon tea: a custom that helped bond an empire ― Diamond Jubilee scone recipe

June 10, 2013

Affinity between Dobos Torte and aristocracy: Recipe

April 22, 2013

The rose, orchid and tulip: three forms of beauty

April 4, 2013

Which Is More Noble? Peacock or Swan?

April 1, 2013

Recipe: Celebrating 150 Year Anniversary of D.O.M. Benedictine

March 11, 2013

Faith brings harmony to family, society and State

March 7, 2013

Dignity

March 4, 2013

Equilibrium and the medieval soul

February 28, 2013

Patton used the power of myth to inspire his men

January 7, 2013

Saint Margaret of Scotland: In the Middle Ages, the Marvelous Was Something Achievable

November 15, 2012

St. John Bosco taught his boys to love social inequalities

October 18, 2012

October 18 – A date which will live in infamy

October 18, 2012

Social entertaining reached an apogee during the Old Regime

September 24, 2012

Video: Richard the Lionheart defeats Saladin at Arsuf September 7

September 6, 2012

A Requiem for Manners

September 3, 2012

Are Finishing Schools Finished?

July 12, 2012

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