Chivalry

A Knight Often Started His Career Being Tested With Poverty

November 14, 2019

A Medieval Lord Defends His Subject From A Bad Judge

November 7, 2019

The Vocation of Knighthood

November 7, 2019

Renaud de Montauban Saves King Yon, His Lord, Though He Had Suffered At His Hands

October 31, 2019

A Knight’s Largesse

October 31, 2019

All Saints Day: How many saints were noble?

October 31, 2019

Medieval Noble Parents Gave Their Boys Heroic Role Models

October 24, 2019

The Knightly Virtues of Sincerity, Chastity, and Charity

October 24, 2019

John I of Portugal Dubs Sixty Knights and Sends Them Into Battle at Aljubarrota

October 17, 2019

October 18 – The day that sparked the Crusades

October 17, 2019

Chivalry: An Institution That Was Open To Most Men

October 10, 2019

Vivien’s First Holy Communion and Death on the Battlefield of Aliscans

October 3, 2019

Lepanto: Turkish might buckles in the grandest naval battle of History

October 3, 2019

October 1 – The martial and pious death of Don John of Austria: “A man sent by God”

September 30, 2019

The Boy Vivien Is Whipped for Exchanging 100 Bales of Merchandise for Hounds and a Hawk

September 26, 2019

September 27 – St. Vincent de Paul had special charity to the impoverished nobility

September 26, 2019

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 26, 2019

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

September 26, 2019

In the First Crusade’s Conquest of Jerusalem, Priests Brought the Blessed Sacrament to the Attack

September 19, 2019

Knighting Ceremony of the Order of Saint John

September 19, 2019

September 11 – Prince Eugen of Savoy crushes the Turks at Zenta

September 9, 2019

September 12 – The Holy Name of the Virgin Mary; in thanksgiving for the victory over the Turks at Vienna

September 9, 2019

Video – Redefeating the Turks: the Battle of Vienna, September 12, 1683

September 9, 2019

Renier Sacrificed His Son, To Save His Lord’s

September 5, 2019

The Degradation of a False and Disloyal Knight

September 5, 2019

September 7: Richard the Lionheart defeats Saladin at Arsuf – Video

September 5, 2019

A Noble Youth’s Martial Soul Made Him a Poor Businessman

August 29, 2019

Church Formula for a Knight’s Receiving of the Sword

August 22, 2019

But for Just War, the West Would Be Muslim, Pagan, or Barbarian

August 22, 2019

August 25 – How do you portray a saint?

August 22, 2019

August 20 – Bishop Matulionis’ life: a true Shepherd

August 19, 2019

August 21 – La Vallete

August 19, 2019

The Legend of the Master Builder

August 15, 2019

Saint Augustine and Just War

August 15, 2019

August 15 – The Knights of St. John capture Rhodes and establish their sovereignty

August 12, 2019

“Let Me Die, But for the Love of God, the Son of Saint Mary, Do Not Surrender the Town.”

August 8, 2019

“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

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