Elites

A French heir to the throne saves a man from suicide

November 26, 2012

The Jacksonian Era of Popular Democracy

November 26, 2012

November 27 – The king who made France “First-born daughter of the Church”

November 26, 2012

Effects of the French Revolution on America

November 22, 2012

A French Prince becomes the Good Samaritan of a hurt soldier

November 22, 2012

November 23 – St. Trudo

November 22, 2012

Empress Sissi was fearless in epidemics

November 19, 2012

Democratic Ideological Gains in the First Forty Years of the American Republic

November 19, 2012

A mistake while catering for elites gives rise to the famous Tarte Tatin

November 19, 2012

November 21 – St. Albert

November 19, 2012

The Aristocratic Republic (1788-1828)

November 15, 2012

November 16 – St. Margaret of Scotland

November 15, 2012

November 16 – St. Agnes of Assisi

November 15, 2012

November 16 – St. Mechtilde

November 15, 2012

November 17 – St. Hugh of Lincoln

November 15, 2012

Monarchical Tendencies at the Time of Independence and the Constitution

November 12, 2012

November 13 – Pure and noble, he received Holy Communion from the hands of angels

November 12, 2012

Henry the Navigator Inaugurates the Age of Discovery

November 12, 2012

November 13 – Grand Master of the Order of Christ

November 12, 2012

November 11 – Patron of Veterans and Soldiers

November 8, 2012

A saint amidst New York’s high society during the Washington presidency

November 8, 2012

How elites today shirk their responsibility to “set the tone” for society

November 8, 2012

November 10 – First Pope to Be Called “Great”

November 8, 2012

D-Day – General Patton’s advice to his son on what it takes to win in war

November 5, 2012

The equality-inequality struggle in the years following Independence (1781-1787)

November 5, 2012

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

November 5, 2012

November 6 – Duchess d’Alençon

November 5, 2012

Prince Eugen of Savoy crushes the Turks at Zenta

November 1, 2012

All Saint’s Day: Is Being Noble and Leading a Noble’s Life Incompatible with Sanctity?

November 1, 2012

November 3 – The patron of the hunt

November 1, 2012

November 3 – The Battle of Mentana

November 1, 2012

November 1 – She judged Israel

November 1, 2012

General Patton stuns Marshall Zhukov into silence

October 29, 2012

The American Revolution: The work of elites

October 29, 2012

October 28 – Col. John W. Ripley: Uncommon Valor

October 29, 2012

A Saintly King Pardons a Rebellious Noble

October 25, 2012

A nobleman was expected to be a symbol for his troops

October 25, 2012

October 25 – Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, but we in it shall be remember’d

October 25, 2012

October 25 – The original hood

October 25, 2012

October 25 – Memorial of Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

October 25, 2012

October 27 – This Christian King Invaded Arabia

October 25, 2012

A dethroned Queen’s dignity amidst defeat

October 22, 2012

Ludwig von Mises: The dedication of elites built our civilization

October 22, 2012

NPR: Your Status May Depend On Your Last Name

October 18, 2012

This saint walked barefoot from Spain to Rome

October 18, 2012

October 21 – Blessed Karl, Emperor of Austria

October 18, 2012

Isabella the Catholic: majestic and saintly even in death

October 18, 2012

St. John Bosco taught his boys to love social inequalities

October 18, 2012

October 19 – Prayer was his crime

October 18, 2012

How Marie Antoinette gave prestige to the potato – and a potato recipe from the French royal court

October 15, 2012

Bayard’s honor under siege

October 15, 2012

Social Revolution Following the Civil War

October 15, 2012

October 17 – The Battle of Cholet

October 15, 2012

October 16 – Duchess and saint

October 15, 2012

Hedwig beakers – the medieval treasure named after a princess saint

October 15, 2012

October 15 – Interior Castle

October 15, 2012

The Salve Regina is sung aboard the Santa Maria on the eve of the discovery of the New World

October 11, 2012

Columbus, and how to make Key Lime Pie

October 11, 2012

Family trusts and foundations

October 11, 2012

October 11 – Model Archduke, both spiritual and temporal

October 11, 2012

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