History of Western Civilization

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

September 8, 2016

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

September 8, 2016

September 12 – Simon de Montfort Crushes the Albigensians at Muret

September 8, 2016

October 6 – Henri Delassus

September 8, 2016

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 5, 2016

September 7: Richard the Lionheart defeats Saladin at Arsuf – Video

September 5, 2016

The Familial Character of Feudal Government—The King: The Father of His People

September 1, 2016

Feudalism: Work of the Medieval Family

August 29, 2016

August 29 – At the helm during the French Revolution

August 25, 2016

August 24 – Saint Bartholomew’s Day: the real story

August 22, 2016

In taming the barbarians, the Church funneled their combativeness to the service of Christendom, giving rise to Chivalry and the Crusades

August 18, 2016

August 21 – La Vallete

August 18, 2016

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

August 18, 2016

August 15 – Prester John

August 15, 2016

Alfred the Great: Father of the British Navy

August 11, 2016

August 5 – Our Lady of the Snow

August 4, 2016

August 2 – Resisted the Emperor’s demand

August 1, 2016

August 3 – The day the bishop cursed his country

August 1, 2016

Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Saves the Philippines from the Invading Dutch Fleet

July 28, 2016

Chivalry, a “psy-war” for the time

July 28, 2016

July 27 – Hunted Priest

July 25, 2016

July 28 – Nepotism Sometimes Bears Good Fruit

July 25, 2016

What the Crusader had which the Cristero did not

July 21, 2016

July 22 – The Siege of Belgrade (1456)

July 21, 2016

He who loves Our Lord Jesus Christ as he should, is sensitive to meanness done to Him

July 14, 2016

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

July 14, 2016

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

July 14, 2016

July 18 – Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future

July 14, 2016

July 13 – The Crusaders attack Jerusalem

July 11, 2016

The Crusades: Born from indignation at seeing Christ’s sweetness rejected

June 23, 2016

June 25 – Simon de Montfort

June 23, 2016

June 17 – Sobieski

June 16, 2016

June 14 – The entire population was slaughtered, except those who embraced Islam

June 13, 2016

June 15 – The Northern Crusades

June 13, 2016

June 15, 1215 – Magna Carta

June 13, 2016

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 6, 2016

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

May 23, 2016

May 21 – De Soto meets the mighty Mississippi

May 19, 2016

May 21 – Missionary to the Mohammedans

May 19, 2016

The Great Siege of Malta, May 18–September 11, 1565, was won because of one man: Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette

May 16, 2016

May 19 – Charlemagne’s Scholar

May 16, 2016

May 14 – The Right to Revolt

May 12, 2016

May 15 – William Lockhart

May 12, 2016

May 16 – Leper King

May 12, 2016

Unconditionality in a Crusade

May 5, 2016

May 3 – Sword-bearer to the Emperor

May 2, 2016

Unlike Feudalism, Perfect Chivalry Is Not Contractual

April 28, 2016

April 26 – She inspired the Albanians to resist the Turks

April 25, 2016

300 years – St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort

April 25, 2016

April 22 – Cabral and the Discovery of Brazil

April 21, 2016

April 24 – Mother Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

April 21, 2016

Vasco da Gama prays to Our Lady before setting out for India

April 14, 2016

April 17 – He rescued his country from crushing debt, yet waged incessant war

April 14, 2016

How many were lost to birth control?

April 7, 2016

April 2 – St. Francis of Paola and the Bartlett Pear

March 31, 2016

March 31 – Saint Eulogius of Alexandria

March 28, 2016

Jerusalem is conquered in the First Crusade

March 24, 2016

March 26 – One of the distinguished men of his age

March 24, 2016

March 22 – The Le Moyne: nobles of North America

March 21, 2016

March 11 – Constantine the Great

March 10, 2016

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