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Home: Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: History: World: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Preface: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization - Anthony EsolenFor those of us who love the West, we are in a daunting battle. The other side has the mainstream media, the Ivy League, the political classes, and a lot more money. Thankfully, on our side, we've got thousands of years of history and some pretty big guns -- with names like Aristotle, Augustine, Burke, and Eliot. Read more... Remembering Lepanto - Michael NovakThe future author of Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, served on one of the Christian galleys in what he called the greatest naval sea battle in history and the most important to that time for the safety of Europe. Read more... Rethinking the Crusades - Jonathan Riley SmithThe language that demands that our ancestors be posthumously anathematized is not too distant from that of the men who wanted the corpse of Pope Boniface VIII to be exhumed and burnt. We may be entering a period of conceptual uncertainty about the most difficult of all society’s dilemmas — when or when not to use force — and we need not emotion, but cool heads and an objective analysis of the past. Read more... Rethinking the Crusades - William UrbanWe encourage our history students to venture beyond the memorization of facts and concepts. We should do the same by periodically rethinking the meaning of critical moments in the past. The time is ripe for a reassessment of the Crusades in light of our present concerns. There are four plausible directions this reassessment will take. Read more... Roman Catholicism - Fr. John Hardon, S.J.Not the least difficulty in writing about Catholicism is the problem of isolating the subject. The history of the Catholic Church is so closely woven into Christian civilization that the one cannot be told fairly without the other. Read more... Roman Cruelty, Christian Purity - Mike AquilinaIt was Christian morality, and the evident love of Christian families, that gradually converted the Roman Empire. Read more... Russia, Communism, and the Future of the World - Fr. Robert J. FoxThe plan of communism, instigated over a century ago, called for a violent overthrow of existing society. Read more... Status: Inquisition in the Catholic Church - BENJAMIN D. WICKERTo assess the Inquisition properly, we must distinguish between the principle which undergirded it, and the actions of those responsible for implementing the principle. Read more... Survival of the Faithful - Mike AquilinaWhen Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity in AD 312, there were already many millions of Christians in the empire. What was their life like? In one sense, it was no different from the lives of their pagan neighbors. In another sense, their faith made all the difference in the world. Read more... The 1,400 year-war - George JonasSchoolboys in my native Hungary used to recite an old ditty. It conjured up emotions ossified in the seams of time. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 [>>] Pages Updated On: 09-Feb-2011 - 13:39:30
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