Chivalry

The Crusaders storm into Jerusalem

July 15, 2024

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

July 15, 2024

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

July 15, 2024

Knights Were Dubbed After Battle

June 24, 2024

The Northern Crusades

June 13, 2024

June 7 – The Crusaders reach the walls of Jerusalem

June 6, 2024

Medieval Noble Parents Gave Their Boys Heroic Role Models

May 13, 2024

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

April 29, 2024

January 17 – Scanderbeg: the hero of Christendom

January 15, 2024

Duke of Alva

January 11, 2024

The Knights of Aviz and Their Cistercian Founder – December 23

December 21, 2023

Lessons in Psychological Warfare – Siege of Jasna Góra

November 27, 2023

The Battle of Montgisard

November 23, 2023

The Crusades – Part I

November 16, 2023

November 3 – The Battle of Mentana

November 2, 2023

A Chaplain Is Admitted Into the Order of Malta

August 31, 2023

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

June 1, 2023

How Belgium’s Catholic king led nation through WWI and its darkest days

December 21, 2022

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 26, 2022

El Cid Is Banished From the Kingdom of León and Castile

May 5, 2022

March 22 – Converted by Chivalry

March 21, 2022

September 29 – Military Orders of St. Michael

September 27, 2021

The Sublime Glory of the Holy Land’s Military Orders

March 18, 2021

The French Crusaders’ Victories Came From Their High Admiration of Honor and Bravery

February 11, 2021

Medieval Chansons de Geste Were Not Just Epics, but Popular Catechisms

October 15, 2020

Excerpts from the speech by King George VI on VJ Day, 1945

August 20, 2020

The Squire Was Usually Dubbed a Knight at Twenty-One

August 6, 2020

A Good Son Saves His Noble Parents From Great Peril

July 30, 2020

Be Faithful to Your Duty and Fight, But Never Surrender the City

July 9, 2020

Charlemagne: God’s Providential Man for the Eighth Century

May 28, 2020

The Thunder of Battle During the Crusades

May 21, 2020

The King of France Used Lettres de Cachet to uphold Parental Authority and Family Honor

April 23, 2020

On the Cusp of Battle During the Crusades

April 16, 2020

More Than Ever, Today We Need to Observe Chivalry’s Commandment: “Never Lie!”

March 26, 2020

Even Today One Can Be a True Knight!

March 19, 2020

Any Knight Could Dub Another Knight

March 12, 2020

The Crusades Were Acts of Faith

January 16, 2020

Popes, Kings, and Church Fathers Condemned the Tournament

January 9, 2020

The Feudal Lord was a Gentle Father

December 19, 2019

The Benedictio Novi Militis

December 12, 2019

Knights Were Dubbed After Battle

December 5, 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

The Knightly Virtues of Sincerity, Chastity, and Charity

October 24, 2019

Chivalry: An Institution That Was Open To Most Men

October 10, 2019

Knighting Ceremony of the Order of Saint John

September 19, 2019

The Degradation of a False and Disloyal Knight

September 5, 2019

Church Formula for a Knight’s Receiving of the Sword

August 22, 2019

But for Just War, the West Would Be Muslim, Pagan, or Barbarian

August 22, 2019

Saint Augustine and Just War

August 15, 2019

A Knight Is Made, Armed, or Dubbed

August 1, 2019

July 22 – The Siege of Belgrade (1456)

July 18, 2019

A Commandment of Chivalry: Never Lie

July 11, 2019

The True Cross Is Lost in the Crusaders’ Defeat by Saladin at the Horns of Hattin

July 4, 2019

Chivalry: How Was it Born?

July 4, 2019

The Catholic Theory of War and the Soldier

June 27, 2019

Chivalry As The Eighth Sacrament

June 20, 2019

On Holy Thursday, King Saint Ferdinand washes the feet of twelve poor men

April 15, 2019

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