World of nobility

February 3 – Half Fierce Pagan Princess, Half Gentle Christian Princess

January 30, 2020

January 28 – Great in every sense

January 27, 2020

January 21 – He was put to death, just for being a king

January 20, 2020

January 22 – Patron of American Missions

January 20, 2020

January 23 – Mary Ward and the Institute of Mary

January 20, 2020

The Crusades Were Acts of Faith

January 16, 2020

January 18 – St. Margaret of Hungary

January 16, 2020

January 19 – Saintly King

January 16, 2020

Like today, the Middle Ages had great sinners. Unlike today, it also had great penitents. The story of Renaud de Montauban

January 9, 2020

Popes, Kings, and Church Fathers Condemned the Tournament

January 9, 2020

January 12 – Duke of Alva

January 9, 2020

January 7 – Ordered bandits of royal blood to hang from the highest mast

January 6, 2020

On Bended Knees

January 2, 2020

First recorded Mass in the Americas: January 6, 1494 at La Isabela, Dominican Republic

January 2, 2020

January 2 – The Infant of Prague

December 30, 2019

December 24 – Vasco da Gama

December 23, 2019

The Feudal Lord was a Gentle Father

December 19, 2019

December 23 – Duke of Guise

December 19, 2019

The Hunt Prepared The Knight For War and The Crusades

December 12, 2019

The Benedictio Novi Militis

December 12, 2019

December 16 – St. Adelaide: Most Important Woman of Her Century

December 12, 2019

December 16 – Saint Judicael ap Hoel

December 12, 2019

Knights Were Dubbed After Battle

December 5, 2019

Keep The Horse

November 28, 2019

November 29 – The coronation of St. Louis IX of France

November 28, 2019

December 1 – The Virgin Mary appears to General Gaston de Sonis after his army’s losses at Patay promising that France would survive

November 28, 2019

November 26 – How a Catholic Queen gave Spain its Golden Age

November 25, 2019

November 27 – The king who made France “First-born daughter of the Church”

November 25, 2019

November 28 – December 27 – Siege of Jasna Góra

November 25, 2019

November 28 – Count Louis de Baude Frontenac

November 25, 2019

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

November 21, 2019

November 20 – Queen Elizabeth II Wedding Anniversary

November 18, 2019

A Knight Often Started His Career Being Tested With Poverty

November 14, 2019

November 16 – St. Margaret of Scotland: In the Middle Ages, the Marvelous Was Something Achievable

November 14, 2019

November 17 – Mary Tudor

November 14, 2019

November 12 – Constable of France: he fought his entire life and died in battle at age 74

November 11, 2019

November 13 – Grand Master of the Order of Christ

November 11, 2019

The Vocation of Knighthood

November 7, 2019

Renaud de Montauban Saves King Yon, His Lord, Though He Had Suffered At His Hands

October 31, 2019

A Knight’s Largesse

October 31, 2019

All Saints Day: How many saints were noble?

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

October 25 – The original hood

October 24, 2019

John I of Portugal Dubs Sixty Knights and Sends Them Into Battle at Aljubarrota

October 17, 2019

October 18 – The day that sparked the Crusades

October 17, 2019

October 21 – Hammer of Muslim invaders

October 17, 2019

October 21 – Blessed Karl, Emperor of Austria

October 17, 2019

October 21 – The Tale of Saint Ursula

October 17, 2019

October 15 – Second Apostle of the Prussians

October 14, 2019

October 16 – Duchess and saint

October 14, 2019

October 16 – Marie Antoinette

October 14, 2019

Chivalry: An Institution That Was Open To Most Men

October 10, 2019

Difficulties with a Capricious Princess Lead to Inquisition for St. Theresa of Avila

October 10, 2019

October 12 – Martyr King

October 10, 2019

October 13 – King Confessor

October 10, 2019

Why celebrate Columbus Day?

October 10, 2019

Columbus, and how to make Key Lime Pie

October 10, 2019

Who Was Christopher Columbus, and Why Is He Important?

October 10, 2019

Vivien’s First Holy Communion and Death on the Battlefield of Aliscans

October 3, 2019

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