Modern man seems almost to relish looking back upon the so-called Dark Ages with a combination of repugnance, and relief that such times are buried in history. But what was life in medieval society truly like? How did communities and governments function when Faith permeated all? In What Does a Society Based on Faith and Charity Look Like? at Return to Order, John Horvat II reports on an interview with historian Dr. Andrew Willard Jones on the concept of Consilium et auxilium (Counsel and aid), one of the ties that bound medieval society. Imagine a world with no bureaucracies…
Finer Femininity has posted an old but beautiful story which is well suited to the Month of the Holy Rosary: The Hail Mary of a Protestant. Enjoy this edifying true story, and then share it!
October 18 - A day that sparked the Crusades at Nobility shares how the order for the decimation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah on this day in 1009 helped to spur Christendom into defensive action. “European reaction was of shock and dismay, with far-reaching and intense consequences. Ultimately, this destruction provided an impetus to the later Crusades…It was for the deliverance of the Holy Sepulchre that the crusades were organized; it was for its defence that military orders were instituted.”
