Redshirts Invade St. Peter’s Patrimony: September 29, 1867
From our text, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World The pope’s army was very small—no more than four thousand men. It...
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Catholic Textbook Project
- Sep 16
- 4 min
A Priest Leads a Peasants' Revolt: September 16-28, 1810
From our text, Lands of Hope and Promise, A History of North America. A group of creole intellectuals and army officers had been meeting...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Sep 10
- 2 min
A Coup the Sparked a Revolution: September 15, 1808
From our text, Lands of Hope and Promise, A History of North America. It was not conditions in New Spain that finally precipitated...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jun 14
- 2 min
El Cid Conquers Valencia: June 15, 1094
Alfonso VI’s fame was surpassed only by one other man of his time, whom Spanish legend presents as a loyal soldier and vassal. He was...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Jun 3
- 4 min
Robespierre's Supreme Hour: June 8, 1794
While Paris ran with the blood of patriots, French arms continued to achieve victories against the republic’s enemies. By the spring of...
Catholic Textbook Project
- May 27
- 3 min
Voltaire’s Philosopher Becomes King: May 31, 1740
This week's "This Week in History" continues a story about Prince Fritz that we began last August, which you may read here. Reconciled at...
Catholic Textbook Project
- May 23
- 1 min
What Makes a Curriculum Catholic?
Michael Van Hecke, founder and president of Catholic Textbook Project, appeared on Good Shepherd Catholic Radio’s Free Expression with...
Catholic Textbook Project
- May 23
- 1 min
History Through a Catholic Lens
Christopher Zehnder, the General Editor of the Catholic Textbook Project, appeared on The Catholic Homeschool podcast to discuss how to...
Catholic Textbook Project
- May 20
- 3 min
The Defenestration of Prague: May 23, 1618
Cardinal Richelieu wanted not only to make his king all-powerful in France, but to make France the supreme nation in Europe. To do this,...
Catholic Textbook Project
- May 6
- 2 min
The Passing of a Good Man: May 12, 2008
This year, May 12 marks the fourteenth anniversary of the death of the founding general editor of the Catholic Textbook Project, Dr....
Catholic Textbook Project
- May 2
- 1 min
History At Every Age
Phillip Campbell discusses strategies for teaching history successfully at every age group (elementary school, middle school, and high...
Catholic Textbook Project
- May 2
- 5 min
Lee Whips Hooker at Chancellorsville: May 1-4, 1863
The turn of the year 1863 found the Army of the Potomac mired in Virginia clay at Falmouth, on the left bank of the Rappahannock,...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Apr 27
- 4 min
Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus: April 27, 1862
Lincoln’s first task was to secure for the union the neutral border states — Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware, and Missouri. Delaware, with...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Apr 11
- 4 min
Parliament Emancipates Catholics: April 13, 1829
Conditions did not improve when George IV became king in 1820. As regent for his insane father, George III, since 1811, George IV had...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Apr 4
- 4 min
The Founding of Danton’s Dictator: April 5, 1793
Danton had not been in Paris when the National Convention declared war on Great Britain. Instead, he had gone on another mission to the...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Apr 1
- 1 min
The Medieval World(s)
Join Erick Allen and Matt Sumers as they provide the K-12 teacher with a basic introduction to three key features of the Medieval period.
Catholic Textbook Project
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Birthday of a Troubled Philosopher: March 31, 1596
When the the terrible Thirty Years War had only just begun, a young man took up a private struggle, a fearful struggle, of his own. This...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Mar 21
- 3 min
Assassination of a Tsar: March 23, 1801
It was night. All was quiet in the Michailov Palace in St. Petersburg. The members of the imperial family were in their beds, asleep—all...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Feb 25
- 4 min
Texas and Hard Cider: February 28, 1845
In May 1836, John C. Calhoun said: “there [are] powerful reasons why Texas should be part of this Union.” The southern states, he said,...
Catholic Textbook Project
- Feb 25
- 1 min
The Art of Storytelling and Catholic Textbook Project
In this recording of our webinar from February 24, 2022, join Andrew Robison, presenter on Holy Donors podcast, as he discusses the art...