Chivalry

After a month’s heroic resistance, the fort of St. Elmo falls to the Turks

June 23, 2014

What is Feudalism?

June 23, 2014

June 25 – Simon de Montfort

June 23, 2014

Video: Most Noble Order of the Garter Service at St. George’s Chapel

June 19, 2014

An Intelligible Universe

June 19, 2014

June 17 – Sobieski

June 16, 2014

El Cid

June 16, 2014

June 15 – St. Bernard dogs carry his name

June 12, 2014

June 15 – The Northern Crusades

June 12, 2014

June 15, 1215 – Magna Carta

June 12, 2014

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 5, 2014

June 3 – She had to witness her children kill each other

June 2, 2014

St. Louis IX’s reasons for staying four years in the Holy Land

May 29, 2014

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 29, 2014

May 30 – When God chose sides in war between two Christian nations, He sent her to win it

May 29, 2014

May 23 – St. John Baptist de Rossi

May 22, 2014

May 23 – Chevalier of the Order of Leopold

May 22, 2014

May 19 – Charlemagne’s Scholar

May 19, 2014

May 16 – Leper King

May 15, 2014

May 14 – The Right to Revolt

May 12, 2014

Honor: Never Leave A Poor Crusader Behind as a Muslim Captive

May 8, 2014

May 8 – When St. Michael Appeared

May 8, 2014

May 10 – Saint Damien: A Hero Who Died on the Battlefield of Honor

May 8, 2014

The Count of Blois is scolded by his wife for deserting the Crusade

May 1, 2014

The Necessary Spirit of the Crusader

May 1, 2014

April 29 – In 11th century Christendom, no king or bishop dare oppose him

April 28, 2014

April 30 – “Thank God for the victory”

April 28, 2014

800-year anniversary of the birth of St. Louis IX of France

April 24, 2014

April 24 – Mother Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

April 24, 2014

April 26 – She inspired the Albanians to resist the Turks

April 24, 2014

April 27 – Noble Model of Confidence

April 24, 2014

April 23 – The Original Knight in Shining Armor

April 21, 2014

Queen Mary Welcomes the Sick on Good Friday

April 17, 2014

April 17 – He rescued his country from crushing debt, yet waged incessant war

April 17, 2014

April 17 – One of the many nobles who spread the Cluny reform

April 17, 2014

April 17 – Third Religious Rebel

April 17, 2014

St. Louis IX: A King of France Cannot Be Ransomed With Money

April 14, 2014

April 12 – Crusader in every sense of the word

April 10, 2014

Portuguese gallantry in the baron of Alvito’s reply

April 3, 2014

April 4 – Grandmother of the Templars

April 3, 2014

King Baldwin saves the life of a Muslim princess, and his own is then saved by her husband

March 27, 2014

March 28 – “I have fought for God and king, and it is for them that I am going to die”

March 27, 2014

St. Louis the King teaches his nobles to hate mortal sin

March 20, 2014

Queen Blanche teaches the young St. Louis to abhor sin

March 13, 2014

March 9 – She Could Detect Diabolical Plots

March 6, 2014

March 3 — St. Katharine Drexel

March 3, 2014

February 24 – The Cup Is Sometimes Bitter

February 24, 2014

Princes William and Harry help fellow soldiers fight floods, invite journalist to help

February 17, 2014

St. Louis IX instructs Henry III of England on the merit of great sufferings

February 10, 2014

February 11 – Elected pope while on Crusade in Palestine

February 10, 2014

February 8 – A strong and mighty Angel – calm, terrible, and bright – the cross in blended red and blue, upon his mantle white

February 6, 2014

The Conversion of Clovis, King of the Franks, During the Battle of Tolbiac

February 3, 2014

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

January 30, 2014

January 31 – The Glory of the Ladies

January 30, 2014

The last words of Queen Philippa to her sons

January 27, 2014

January 28 – Great in every sense

January 27, 2014

January 28 – Larochejacquelein killed by the very men whose lives he spared

January 27, 2014

January 22 – Blessed Prince

January 20, 2014

The Pope favors removing the Merovingians and acclaiming Pippin the Short as king of the Franks

January 20, 2014

January 21 – None was held in such high honor

January 20, 2014

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