Knights

A Knight’s Tenth Commandment: Combat All Evil, Defend All That Is Good

June 1, 2023

December 2 – Cause of Our Joy

December 1, 2022

November 25 – The day a 16 year old invalid and a handful of men defeated a huge professional army

November 24, 2022

The Enemies of El Cid Poison King Alfonso VI of Castile Against Him Again

November 3, 2022

October 18 – The day that sparked the Crusades

October 17, 2022

Glory of the Military Orders in the Holy Land

October 13, 2022

Three Military Orders Are Born in the Holy Land

September 29, 2022

How El Cid Tuned a Cowardly Knight Into a Hero

September 8, 2022

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

September 8, 2022

El Cid Becomes Lord of Valencia

August 25, 2022

August 21 – La Vallete

August 18, 2022

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

August 11, 2022

The Almoravid King of Seville Attacks El Cid in Valencia and Is Routed

July 21, 2022

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

July 14, 2022

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

July 14, 2022

July 13 – The Crusaders attack Jerusalem

July 11, 2022

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 6, 2022

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, 2022

April 4 – Grandmother of the Templars

March 31, 2022

The Cid Captures Alcocer, Making It His Base of Operations Against the Moors

December 2, 2021

November 25 – The day a 16 year old invalid and a handful of men defeated a huge professional army

November 22, 2021

October 18 – The day that sparked the Crusades

October 14, 2021

The Cid Captures Castrejon To Supply His Troops

September 16, 2021

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

September 9, 2021

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

September 6, 2021

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

August 12, 2021

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

July 15, 2021

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

July 15, 2021

A Miracle of the True Cross Saves King Baldwin III of Jerusalem From Disaster During a Rash and Unjust Military Expedition

June 10, 2021

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 3, 2021

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

May 17, 2021

May 16 – Leper King

May 13, 2021

April 29 – The Templars, Knights of Calatrava, of St. Lazarus, of Alcantara, of Avis, of St. Maurice, all trace their existence to this austere monk

April 26, 2021

April 4 – Grandmother of the Templars

April 1, 2021

The Sublime Glory of the Holy Land’s Military Orders

March 18, 2021

January 17 – Sister of the Grand Master of Malta

January 14, 2021

December 23 – The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder

December 21, 2020

December 2 – Cause of Our Joy

November 30, 2020

In Egypt, Saint Louis IX of France Storms Ashore With the Seventh Crusade

September 17, 2020

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

August 13, 2020

The Squire Was Usually Dubbed a Knight at Twenty-One

August 6, 2020

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 4, 2020

Any Knight Could Dub Another Knight

March 12, 2020

The Crusades Were Acts of Faith

January 16, 2020

January 17 – Sister of the Grand Master of Malta

January 16, 2020

Popes, Kings, and Church Fathers Condemned the Tournament

January 9, 2020

The Benedictio Novi Militis

December 12, 2019

Knights Were Dubbed After Battle

December 5, 2019

December 2 – Cause of Our Joy

November 28, 2019

Most Knights Were Either Sons of Knights or Young Nobles

November 21, 2019

A Knight Often Started His Career Being Tested With Poverty

November 14, 2019

The Vocation of Knighthood

November 7, 2019

A Knight’s Largesse

October 31, 2019

Medieval Noble Parents Gave Their Boys Heroic Role Models

October 24, 2019

The Knightly Virtues of Sincerity, Chastity, and Charity

October 24, 2019

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 26, 2019

Knighting Ceremony of the Order of Saint John

September 19, 2019

The Degradation of a False and Disloyal Knight

September 5, 2019

A Noble Youth’s Martial Soul Made Him a Poor Businessman

August 29, 2019

Church Formula for a Knight’s Receiving of the Sword

August 22, 2019

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