History of Western Civilization

August 25 – The King who would rather die than sin

August 25, 2011

August 18 – She lead the search for the True Cross

August 18, 2011

The Importance of Tradition Today

August 15, 2011

The reconquista of Granada begins: Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon chooses Alhama as his target

August 8, 2011

August 5 – The valiant king who waged just war to defend his people

August 4, 2011

July 29 – When he finished preaching, the nobles and knights responded with a thunderous “Deus Vult”

July 28, 2011

July 18 – After he captured Jerusalem, he refused the crown

July 25, 2011

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

July 11, 2011

Queen Isabella the Catholic resolves to hold Alhama whatever the cost

July 7, 2011

July 8 – The Pope who fought the democrats

July 7, 2011

May 30 – Saint Ferdinand: “Christ redeemed us on the hard arms of the Cross, and His knight will not serve Him in any other way.”

May 30, 2011

May 30 – She was sent by God to save France.

May 30, 2011

May 26 – He converted a young nobleman by showing him a vision of hell, and called the City of Rome his “Desert”

May 26, 2011

May 16 – Catholic, Crusader, Leper and King: The Life of Baldwin IV and the Triumph of the Cross

May 16, 2011

St. Louis IX defends his crown and defeats his rebellious nobles and their English and Aragonese allies

April 28, 2011

Queen Blanche of France shapes the young Saint Louis IX for the trials of kingship

April 21, 2011

St. Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon extends the Reconquista to Seville and the south of Spain

April 14, 2011

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

April 7, 2011

The Conquest of Jerusalem in the First Crusade

March 24, 2011

Saint Louis, the height of chivalry

March 21, 2011

“God wills it!”—Blessed Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade

February 21, 2011

Don Pelayo rejects the call to surrender and triumphs at Covadonga

February 17, 2011

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