Monarchy

Don John of Austria is betrothed to war

June 20, 2011

True Democracy Is Not Incompatible with Monarchy

June 20, 2011

An English clergyman wanted to attend the King’s supper

June 16, 2011

Doña Magdalena de Ulloa: she was noble and commanding and at the same time modest and saintly

June 6, 2011

The Monarchic Regime: The Best Form of Government

June 6, 2011

Philip II’s royal straightforwardness, a relief from labyrinthine bureaucracies

June 2, 2011

A Form of Government May Be Preferable, Because It Is Better Suited to the Character or Customs of the People for Which It Is Intended

June 2, 2011

The good man who showed a “preferential option for the nobility” towards Madame de Maintenon when she was a child

May 30, 2011

Our Lineage Greatly Influences Our Actions

May 30, 2011

Don John of Austria receives the baton of command and the standard of the Holy League before the battle of Lepanto

May 26, 2011

The Montenegrin royal family makes a comeback

May 26, 2011

The prince and the pauper: the non-Twain true story

May 23, 2011

For the second time, Don Luis Quijada saves Don John of Austria from the flames before rescuing his wife, Dona Magdalena

May 19, 2011

May 19 – He invented the University, educated an Empire, and guided the Carolingian Renaissance

May 19, 2011

Philip II and the old soldier who had no wine

May 16, 2011

Marie Antoinette saves a seat for an expecting mother who was visiting Versailles

May 12, 2011

Disloyalty to one’s people and a loss of authenticity amidst court pleasantries

May 9, 2011

The Duke of Gramont’s charming grace

May 5, 2011

The Empress Maria Theresa subscribed to a different principle: Honor über alles

May 2, 2011

St. Louis IX defends his crown and defeats his rebellious nobles and their English and Aragonese allies

April 28, 2011

A 14-year-old Archduchess Marie Antoinette is welcomed to France

April 25, 2011

The king is the nation’s principle of unity and must live for the common good

April 25, 2011

Queen Blanche of France shapes the young Saint Louis IX for the trials of kingship

April 21, 2011

A repentant Lord Seymour asks to be slapped in penance for his fault

April 18, 2011

“Just as a monarch is lucky in inheriting a throne, so a nation is sometimes lucky in inheriting a monarch.”

April 18, 2011

St. Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon extends the Reconquista to Seville and the south of Spain

April 14, 2011

Louis XV encourages his nobility to melt down their silver for the relief of the poor

April 11, 2011

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

April 7, 2011

Louis XIV Sells the Crown Jewels to Feed the Poor

April 4, 2011

Elitism

March 24, 2011

Saint Louis, the height of chivalry

March 21, 2011

What’s in a name?

March 17, 2011

Japan’s emperor in historic speech: ‘Never give up hope’

March 17, 2011

Our Lord Jesus Christ Willed to Be Born a Noble; He Himself Loved the Aristocracy

March 14, 2011

Cromwellian vulgarity receives a noble riposte

March 10, 2011

In Defense of the Catholic Social Order

March 10, 2011

Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, washes the feet of the poor on Holy Thursday

March 7, 2011

Nobility is a Gift from God

March 7, 2011

Queen Blanche of France shapes the young Saint Louis IX for the trials of kingship

March 3, 2011

Pinon: “I prefer to be the first logger of France, than the last of its barons”

February 28, 2011

In Society There Should be Princes and Vassals, Proprietors and Proletarians, Rich and Poor, Learned and Ignorant, Nobles and Plebeians

February 14, 2011

Just as the Diverse Members in the Human Body Are Arranged Among Themselves, So Also the Social Classes Should Integrate in Society

February 3, 2011

Monarchy, Republic, and Religion

January 6, 2011

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