Chivalry

“Death Rather Than Dishonor” Is the Whole Code of Chivalry

August 1, 2019

A Knight Is Made, Armed, or Dubbed

August 1, 2019

During the Gospel, Knights Unsheathed Their Swords

July 18, 2019

July 22 – The Siege of Belgrade (1456)

July 18, 2019

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

July 15, 2019

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

July 15, 2019

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

July 15, 2019

A Commandment of Chivalry: Never Lie

July 11, 2019

Erard de Severy Died on Crusade Upholding his Family Honor

July 11, 2019

July 13 – The Crusaders attack Jerusalem

July 11, 2019

The True Cross Is Lost in the Crusaders’ Defeat by Saladin at the Horns of Hattin

July 4, 2019

Chivalry: How Was it Born?

July 4, 2019

The Catholic Theory of War and the Soldier

June 27, 2019

Loyalty Trumps All Self-Interest in Count Raymond’s Military Counsel to the King

June 20, 2019

Chivalry As The Eighth Sacrament

June 20, 2019

God Rewards the Crusades with Sugar

June 13, 2019

Fleur-de-lis And Other Molded Sugar

June 13, 2019

June 17 – Sobieski

June 13, 2019

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 6, 2019

June 5 – Friendship is tested in adversity

June 3, 2019

The Lord of Joinville Cautions His Muslim Captor Never to Trust Apostates

May 30, 2019

May 30 – Most Valiant King

May 27, 2019

The Deadly Plots Thicken

May 23, 2019

May 16 – Leper King

May 13, 2019

St. Louis IX of France Takes the Cross

May 9, 2019

Don John Takes A Castle By Subterfuge, Turns Down A Bribe, And Avoids Capture

April 25, 2019

On Holy Thursday, King Saint Ferdinand washes the feet of twelve poor men

April 15, 2019

April 4 – Grandmother of the Templars

April 1, 2019

How the Battle of Rocroy Began

March 28, 2019

April 1 – Precursor of Our Lady of Fatima

March 28, 2019

Gaucher de Châtillon Dies Defending St. Louis IX of France

March 21, 2019

Death of Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem

February 28, 2019

How the banner of the Sacred Heart was adopted by General de Sonis

February 21, 2019

Heroic Death of Jacques de Maillé, a Knight of the Temple

February 14, 2019

Quijada Gives His Soul To God

February 7, 2019

Sigur of Norway and his 10,000 Viking Crusaders help conquer Sidon

January 31, 2019

Josselin de Courtenay’s Dying Lesson To His Prodigal and Pusillanimous Son

January 24, 2019

January 25 – St. Poppo

January 24, 2019

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

January 24, 2019

Death of Tancred, a man-symbol, and an exemplary Crusading knight

January 10, 2019

January 12 – Duke of Alva

January 10, 2019

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 20, 2018

December 12 – Tancred

December 10, 2018

Charette’s brave Zouaves

November 29, 2018

Moslem Seville surrenders to Saint Ferdinand

November 22, 2018

November 25 – The day a 16 year old invalid and a handful of men defeated a huge professional army

November 22, 2018

Non-Negotiables: King Baldwin refuses to surrender Christian cities to save the life of Gervais, Count of Tiberias

November 15, 2018

November 17 – The Queen Gave Good Example Caring for the Sick and Suffering

November 15, 2018

The First Crusade Was a Clash of Civilizations

November 8, 2018

All Saints Day: How many saints were noble?

October 29, 2018

Godfrey of Bouillon Chosen King of Jerusalem

October 11, 2018

Pope Pius II offers to go on Crusade against the Turks: a rousing call to arms

October 11, 2018

October 15 – Casimir Pulaski

October 11, 2018

October 9 – Superb and valiant knight

October 8, 2018

Why celebrate Columbus Day?

October 4, 2018

October 2 – The Holy Guardian Angels

October 1, 2018

September 29 – The Angelic Inspiration of Chivalry

September 27, 2018

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 27, 2018

September 29 – In battle or in prison, he never missed Mass

September 27, 2018

The Great Siege of Malta, May 18–September 11, 1565, was won because of one man: Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette

September 10, 2018

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