History of Western Civilization

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

September 8, 2014

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 4, 2014

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

September 4, 2014

St. Bertha, Queen of Kent

September 1, 2014

Charlemagne’s sword and seal

August 28, 2014

August 29 – At the helm during the French Revolution

August 28, 2014

August 29 – King and Confessor

August 28, 2014

September 1 – Gideon the Judge

August 28, 2014

August 25 – King, Crusader, Saint

August 25, 2014

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

August 24, 2014

August 21 – La Vallete

August 21, 2014

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

August 21, 2014

August 18 – The Empress who found the True Cross

August 18, 2014

Elites and Masses in the Counter-Revolutionary Tactics

August 14, 2014

August 15 – The Knights of St. John capture Rhodes and establish their sovereignty

August 14, 2014

August 16 – His incorrupt right hand is treasured as the most sacred relic in Hungary

August 14, 2014

Nothing Can Defeat a People That Truly Loves God

August 11, 2014

St. Louis IX humbly accepts a woman’s upbraiding

August 7, 2014

August 8 – He told his king that anyone who betrays Jesus could betray their king

August 7, 2014

August 4 – Carthusian Martyrs: The Lone Survivor

August 4, 2014

July 29 – With one sermon, he launched the Crusades

July 28, 2014

July 24 – Fearless, Courageous, Unswerving

July 24, 2014

July 26 – In memoriam: Princess Tatiana Von Metternich – who called Hitler a “stuffed doll”

July 24, 2014

July 27 – Wanted: Noble Men for the Missions, Never to Return Home

July 24, 2014

July 22 – The Siege of Belgrade (1456)

July 21, 2014

July 21 – Fearless in every sense

July 21, 2014

July 21 – He raised the king’s son back to life, but wished to be buried among the criminals

July 21, 2014

July 17 – When the Saracens attacked Rome…

July 17, 2014

July 17 – The day the Tsar was murdered

July 17, 2014

July 18 – This soldier of hell became a soldier of heaven

July 17, 2014

July 19 – Penitent Nobility

July 17, 2014

July 20 – Carolingian Reformer

July 17, 2014

A Recipe From The Crusaders

July 14, 2014

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

July 14, 2014

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

July 14, 2014

King Saint Ferdinand Rides to the Conquest of Córdoba

July 10, 2014

July 13 – The Crusaders attack Jerusalem

July 10, 2014

July 4 – Unsung American Hero

July 3, 2014

July 3 – The Pope Who Condemned His Predecessor for Not Opposing Heresy

July 3, 2014

When Men Dream

June 30, 2014

June 30 – How One Humble Servant Transformed the New York Upper Class

June 30, 2014

July 1 – The Marquis of Lescure destroys two thirds of Westermann’s army and saves the lives of captured enemy soldiers

June 30, 2014

June 27 – Chivalrous King

June 26, 2014

June 28 – He fought to preserve the Pope’s independence

June 26, 2014

Giving Meaning to Religion

June 23, 2014

What is Feudalism?

June 23, 2014

June 25 – Simon de Montfort

June 23, 2014

An Intelligible Universe

June 19, 2014

Born of Wonder and the Marvelous

June 16, 2014

June 17 – Sobieski

June 16, 2014

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

June 16, 2014

El Cid

June 16, 2014

The Search for Meaning

June 12, 2014

June 12 – He Crowned Charlemagne

June 12, 2014

June 15 – The Northern Crusades

June 12, 2014

June 15, 1215 – Magna Carta

June 12, 2014

Supernatural Aspects

June 9, 2014

June 9 – A simple palace servant, God confided to her the destiny of nations

June 9, 2014

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 5, 2014

Defining the Sublime

June 2, 2014

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