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Thursday, February 12, 2015

A Clerk of Oxford Honored

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From History Today : This year’s Longman-History Today award for Digital History went to Eleanor Parker for her blog, A Clerk of Oxford ...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Suppressing Septuagesima--Surprised by Lent?

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As I have been preparing for my Cardinal Newman Day talk next Wednesday (Ash Wednesday) and reading Blessed John Henry Newman's sermon...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

My Review of Alison Weir's "Elizabeth of York"

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I read this book on my Kindle, inspired by Elena Maria Vidal's review on her Tea at Trianon blog. Elizabeth of York was like a hinge...
Monday, February 9, 2015

As Promised, the Crusades on the Son Rise Morning Show!

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Matt Swaim and I will discuss the Crusades on the Son Rise Morning Show after the 7:45 a.m. Eastern/6:45 a.m. Central newsbreak--listen l...
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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Sexagesima Sunday from Blessed John Henry Newman

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Blessed John Henry Newman, by the effort of prayer and meditation, came to see that many of the troubles of his life were examples of God...

Another Brave Blogger on Mary I

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Via Tea at Trianon . Conor Byrne sums up Mary I's reign and religion: It is important to recognise that the negative depiction of Ma...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

Thomas More's Birthday in Context

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Today is St. Thomas More's birthday, on February 7, 1478. It's interesting to note that in 1478, on the 26th of May, Giulio di G...
Friday, February 6, 2015

Monday Morning: Matt Swaim and I Go on Crusade! Deus Vult!

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"Humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout human history.  And lest we get on our high horse and think this is uni...

Victorian Images of the English Past

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Reviewed in The Weekly Standard , this book published by The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art describes and depicts how Vic...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Churchill's Historical Anti-Catholicism

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In England last week they celebrated the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's funeral. Professor John Charmley, head of the Int...