History of Western Civilization

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

July 19, 2012

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

July 16, 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 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 7, 2012

May 30 – Most Valiant

May 28, 2012

May 19 – Charlemagne’s Scholar

May 17, 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 7 – How the Rosary saved Christendom

October 6, 2011

Frederick II, the beginning of the decline for chivalry

October 3, 2011

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

September 26, 2011

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

September 15, 2011

August 25 – The King who would rather die than sin

August 25, 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

Queen Isabella the Catholic resolves to hold Alhama whatever the cost

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 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

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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