History of Western Civilization

Who Was Christopher Columbus, and Why Is He Important?

October 8, 2015

Columbus, and how to make Key Lime Pie

October 8, 2015

A Monument Raised from a Ruin, an Institution from a Custom

October 1, 2015

The Castle of Valençay

September 24, 2015

September 26 – Fr. Frederick William Faber

September 24, 2015

September 18 – The first time US Congress went to Mass

September 17, 2015

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

September 17, 2015

September 11 – His fame will last forever as that of a gallant soldier and a true Christian

September 10, 2015

September 11 – Prince Eugen of Savoy crushes the Turks at Zenta

September 10, 2015

September 12 – Simon de Montfort Crushes the Albigensians at Muret

September 10, 2015

September 14 – His gallant defeat saved Canada from the French Revolution

September 10, 2015

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

September 10, 2015

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 3, 2015

Chivalry and Love Of The Fight

August 27, 2015

August 29 – At the helm during the French Revolution

August 27, 2015

August 23 – Cardinal-General

August 20, 2015

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

August 20, 2015

August 18 – The Empress who found the True Cross

August 17, 2015

“She Has Already Pardoned You,” Replied The Sister

July 30, 2015

August 2 – Resisted the Emperor’s demand

July 30, 2015

July 28 – Nepotism Sometimes Bears Good Fruit

July 27, 2015

July 22 – The Siege of Belgrade (1456)

July 20, 2015

July 17 – The day the Tsar was murdered

July 16, 2015

July 18 – She Married a Man to Change Him and It Worked

July 16, 2015

July 19 – Her whole family became saints

July 16, 2015

July 19 – Penitent Nobility

July 16, 2015

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

July 13, 2015

6: The Law of Society

July 9, 2015

July 13 – The Crusaders attack Jerusalem

July 9, 2015

4: The Law of Symetry

June 25, 2015

3: The Law of Proportion

June 18, 2015

June 15 – The Northern Crusades

June 15, 2015

June 17, 1793: Pius VI condemns the revolutionary concepts of liberty and equality

June 15, 2015

2: The Law of Harmonic Transition

June 11, 2015

Eighth Centennial of the Magna Carta

June 11, 2015

June 10 – Most Sublime Figure of Portuguese Literature

June 8, 2015

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 4, 2015

June 3 – She had to witness her children kill each other

June 1, 2015

May 19 – Charlemagne’s Scholar

May 18, 2015

May 21- De Soto meets the mighty Mississippi

May 18, 2015

3: The Law of Gradation

May 14, 2015

May 16 – Leper King

May 14, 2015

May 14 – The Right to Revolt

May 11, 2015

1: The Laws Of Variety

April 30, 2015

April 26 – Pope St. Cletus

April 23, 2015

April 22 – Cabral and the Discovery of Brazil

April 20, 2015

March 30 – St. John Climacus

March 26, 2015

March 26 – Sheriff’s daughter, but God’s first.

March 23, 2015

March 22 – The Le Moyne: nobles of North America

March 19, 2015

The Crusades – Part X

March 12, 2015

March 14 – Patroness of Those Falsely Accused

March 12, 2015

The Crusades – Part IX

March 9, 2015

March 11 – Saint Sophronius

March 9, 2015

March 12 – The Mistaken Chronicler

March 9, 2015

Juan Ponce de León

March 9, 2015

The Crusades – Part VIII

March 5, 2015

March 6 – Of Kings and Princesses

March 5, 2015

The Crusades – Part VII

March 2, 2015

The Crusades – Part VI

February 26, 2015

February 28 – Pope Saint Hilarus

February 26, 2015

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