History of Western Civilization

September 5 – Unashamed to beg alms even from his family

September 3, 2012

August 28 – Restless Heart

August 27, 2012

August 20 – The Knights Templar owe him

August 20, 2012

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

August 20, 2012

August 18 – The Empress who lead the search for the True Cross

August 16, 2012

August 16 – His nobles and subjects mourned him for three years

August 16, 2012

August 5 – Valor in a King

August 2, 2012

July 31 – St. Germain

July 30, 2012

July 24 – She Was Fearless, Courageous, and Unswerving

July 23, 2012

Asahi News: Interview with the Grand Steward of the Imperial House

July 19, 2012

July 20 – Carolingian Reformer

July 19, 2012

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

July 16, 2012

July 17 – “You Do Not Know What You Do”

July 16, 2012

July 18 – This King Would Not Wear a Crown of Gold Where Jesus Wore a Crown of Thorns

July 16, 2012

July 10 – Charlemagne Was Stricken for His Rudeness to Her

July 9, 2012

July 11 – The noble saint who fled the world, but the world ran after him

July 9, 2012

June 28 – To Avoid Their Desecration, He Ordered the Relics of the Saints to be Brought Inside the Walls

June 28, 2012

June 15 – Battle of Lyndanisse during the Northern Crusades

June 14, 2012

June 15 – King John of England signs Magna Carta

June 14, 2012

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 7, 2012

June 5 – My God Stands Stronger Than Yours

June 4, 2012

May 30 – Most Valiant

May 28, 2012

May 19 – Charlemagne’s Scholar

May 17, 2012

May 16 – Crusader King and Leper

May 14, 2012

April 21 – The Noble Saint who tamed William the Conqueror, abolished slavery in England, and founded Scholasticism; his prayer to Saint Mary Magdalene

April 19, 2012

March 28 – Grandson of King Clovis

March 26, 2012

March 20 – Vendor of Learning

March 19, 2012

March 20 – St. Wulfram

March 19, 2012

March 16 – Chancellor to Italy and Germany

March 15, 2012

March 6 – Prime Minister Bishop

March 5, 2012

February 24 – First Christian King Among the English

February 23, 2012

February 21 – Terror of the Wicked, Supporter of the Weak

February 20, 2012

February 9 – Banished From the Court

February 9, 2012

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

January 30, 2012

January 28 – Fifty Years of War

January 26, 2012

Charlemagne and his army of iron, conquers Lombardy

January 19, 2012

Commentaries on Charlemagne and St. Willehad of Bremen:

January 19, 2012

The “king of cheeses” gets a Royal Approval

January 19, 2012

January 13 – Intrepid Reformer

January 12, 2012

January 13 – The Count Who Converted the King

January 12, 2012

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 22, 2011

December 16 – The Most Important Woman of Her Century

December 15, 2011

Lessons in Psychological Warfare – Siege of Jasna Góra, November 28-December 27, 1655

November 28, 2011

November 25 – The Battle of Montgisard

November 24, 2011

November 10 – First Pope to Be Called “Great”

November 10, 2011

October 31 – He forced the devil to build a church

October 31, 2011

October 28 – Saint, Soldier, Statesman

October 27, 2011

October 21 – In battle they called him “The Hammer”

October 20, 2011

October 18 – A date which will live in infamy

October 17, 2011

October 13 – His reign was one of almost unbroken peace

October 13, 2011

Why celebrate Columbus Day?

October 10, 2011

October 11 – Model Archduke, both spiritual and temporal

October 10, 2011

October 7 – How the Rosary saved Christendom

October 6, 2011

Frederick II, the beginning of the decline for chivalry

October 3, 2011

September 30 – The cantankerous noble who became a saint

September 29, 2011

El Cid: A living legend who was the beating heart of the Spanish Reconquista

September 26, 2011

September 23 – He ensured the immunity of non-combatants in warfare

September 22, 2011

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

September 15, 2011

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

September 12, 2011

September 5 – Unashamed to beg alms from his family

September 5, 2011

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