The Coronation of Charlemagne
Christmas Day, 800 A.D. A hush fell upon the multitude of the faithful as they assembled in the nave of the great Basilica of Saint Peter. Even on the great feast of the Nativity of…
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Like Unto Kings: The Three Magi and the Sacrétemporal Worldview
When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Judah, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He that is born King of the…
The Vision of Roland
Far, far across the hills echoed the song of the Olifant of the Palatines. In the vanguard of his army Carolus Goldencrowned heard it beyond the Pass of Runcievalles, summoning the…
Still Round the Corner: A Lord of the Rings Story
The following account was found among the marginalia of a late Fourth Age manuscript of The King’s Book of Findegil, quite possibly based on a now lost journal or letter; I am…
“Stand, Men of the West!”: The Virtue of Chivalry in Middle-Earth
“I bow not yet before the Iron Crown, nor cast my own small golden sceptre down” The Lord of the Rings, and indeed the whole Lengendarium of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is among the greatest influences on…
Seven Stars and Seven Crowns: A Catholic Monarchist’s Perspective on “The Lord of the Rings”
The great Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien once described his masterpiece The Lord of the Rings as a “story is cast in terms of a good side, and a bad side, beauty against ruthless ugliness, tyranny against kingship, moderated…
Gloriam Vidi Resurgentis: The Sudden Joyous Turn
Sing and be glad, all ye children of the West for your King shall come again, and He shall dwell among you, all the days of your life. And the Tree that was withered shall…