History of Western Civilization

October 21 – Hammer of Muslim invaders

October 21, 2013

October 22 – St. Wendelin of Trier

October 21, 2013

October 23 – The amazing story of San Juan Capistrano and the Siege of Belgrade

October 21, 2013

October 18 – The day that sparked the Crusades

October 17, 2013

Who Was Christopher Columbus, and Why Is He Important?

October 14, 2013

For Charlemagne, a king should strive to bring his people to God

October 10, 2013

Could the Feudal Bond Be Helpful to Us Today?

October 10, 2013

October 11 – Model Archduke, both spiritual and temporal

October 10, 2013

October 11 – He dared step into the gap during the crisis

October 10, 2013

October 12 – Martyr King

October 10, 2013

The Feudal Bond Was a Sacred Bond

October 7, 2013

Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem

October 7, 2013

The Feudal Bond Involved Mutual Responsibility

October 3, 2013

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

September 30, 2013

October 2 – Falsely charged, mutilated and martyred

September 30, 2013

September 19 – The Pope asks Princess Mary to marry James II of England

September 19, 2013

September 16 – The pope who exacted tribute from the Mohammedan ruler of Tunis

September 16, 2013

Military, Social, and Religious History of Chivalry and Knighthood

September 16, 2013

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

September 12, 2013

September 12 – Simon de Montfort Crushes the Albigensians at Muret

September 12, 2013

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

September 12, 2013

September 13 – He had a mouth of gold

September 12, 2013

September 14 – Formerly a sign of abject disgrace, it now adorns even crowns and crests

September 12, 2013

September 11 – Italian army invades the Papal State without a declaration of war

September 9, 2013

Alfred the Great’s dying words to his son

September 9, 2013

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 5, 2013

September 7 – Grandson of Queen St. Clotilda

September 5, 2013

September 8 – He added the Agnus Dei to the Mass

September 5, 2013

September 3 – All the principles of Catholicism can be found in his life

September 2, 2013

August 28 – Restless Heart

August 26, 2013

August 22 – The pope who preached a Crusade against the German Emperor Frederick II

August 22, 2013

August 23 – St. Rose of Lima

August 22, 2013

August 24 – Chancellor of the court

August 22, 2013

August 25 – King, Crusader, Saint

August 22, 2013

August 21 – He was one of a network of aristocrat bishops

August 19, 2013

August 18 – The Empress who found the True Cross

August 15, 2013

Military Order of Calatrava – the knights who slept in armour

August 15, 2013

Military Order of Montesa

August 12, 2013

August 8 – He told his king that anyone who betrays Jesus could betray their king

August 8, 2013

The Knights Templars

July 25, 2013

July 22 – With his lady’s permission, this lord left court to become a monk, then abbot

July 22, 2013

July 24 – She Was Fearless, Courageous, and Unswerving

July 22, 2013

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

July 18, 2013

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

July 18, 2013

July 17 – The day the Tsar was murdered

July 15, 2013

July 13 – The Crusaders attack Jerusalem

July 11, 2013

“A people without a king is not to be feared” – a Muslim general

July 4, 2013

June 28 – He fought to preserve the Pope’s independence

June 27, 2013

June 25 – Simon de Montfort

June 24, 2013

June 15 – The Northern Crusades

June 13, 2013

June 15 – Magna Carta

June 13, 2013

February 1 – She and Saint Patrick were “one heart and one mind”

June 10, 2013

June 12 – He Crowned Charlemagne

June 10, 2013

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 6, 2013

Muley Abul Hacen refuses tribute to the Catholic Kings Ferdinand and Isabel

June 3, 2013

June 3 – She eventually won her husband’s heart to the faith, but then had to witness her children kill each other.

June 3, 2013

June 5 – My God Stands Stronger Than Yours

June 3, 2013

Revolutionary principles subvert the medieval organic social order

May 27, 2013

May 24 – Our Lady Help of Christians, to commemorate the liberation of the Pope from prison

May 23, 2013

Charlemagne’s indirect role in the unification of England

May 16, 2013

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