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Napoleon's Near Disaster at Marengo: June 14, 1800
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. While the cardinals wrangled over who would be...
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Jun 11, 20214 min read
The King Condemns Voltaire: June 10, 1734
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. In the Paris salon of the Duchess of Maine,...
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Jun 7, 20215 min read
Examining Primary Sources in High School History
In this recording of our webinar from June 3, 2021, join Jon Ciani, Humanities teacher at St. Mary’s Catholic High School in Phoenix,...
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Jun 7, 20211 min read
The Role of Monks in Building Western Civilization
In this recording of our webinar from May 20, 2021, join Jared Staudt, Associate Superintendent for Mission and Formation in the...
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May 24, 20211 min read
The Killing of a Compromise: May 25, 1854
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. American westward settlement had mostly neglected...
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May 21, 20213 min read
A New Government for Germany and Austria’s Defiance: May 18, 20, 1848
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Read other account of the 1848 revolutions here...
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May 14, 20213 min read
King Charles Betrays His Friend: May 10, 1641
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. Charles did not abandon his hopes of...
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May 10, 20212 min read
Frémont Turns Back: May 8, 1846
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. In December of 1845, a party of about 16 armed...
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May 3, 20213 min read
Theseus and the Liberation of Athens
In this recording of our webinar from April 22, 2021, join Don Cowan, history and literature teacher at Augustine Academy in Ventura, CA,...
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Apr 23, 20211 min read
The Führer’s Immolation: April 30, 1945
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. In January 1945, the Russians began their last...
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Apr 23, 20213 min read
Antoine-Frédéric Accepts the Challenge: April 23, 1833
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Like all Europeans, Catholics in the 1840s were...
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Apr 20, 20214 min read
From the Founding General Editor, CTP
History is a treasure chest of riches. In its stories are the most exciting, the saddest, and the happiest moments of human life...
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Apr 13, 20212 min read
Luther and the Diet of Worms: April 17, 1521
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. Being excommunicated, Luther was given over...
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Apr 12, 20213 min read
Death Dance at Shiloh: April 6-7, 1862
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. It took over 400 vessels to ferry the immense...
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Apr 6, 20214 min read
Death Day of a Queen Who was Nobody’s Fool: April 1, 1204
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations I: The History of Christian Civilization. At Henry I’s death, civil war engulfed...
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Mar 26, 20213 min read
The Standards and Beyond
In this recording of our webinar from March 25, 2021, join Michael Van Hecke, President and Christopher Zehnder, General Editor for a...
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Mar 26, 20211 min read
Milan and Venice Expel the Austrians: March 22, 24, 1848
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. Why was the imperial government in Vienna...
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Mar 19, 20212 min read
The Pope's Anti-Nazi Encyclical: March 14, 1937
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. For Adolf Hitler, the Catholic Church was the...
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Mar 12, 20214 min read
The Fall of Metternich: March 13, 1848
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations II: The Making of the Modern World. In only a few days, Kossuth’s speech to the...
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Mar 6, 20213 min read
Tippecanoe and Texas Too: February 28, 1845
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise: A History of North America. In May 1836, John C. Calhoun said: “there [are]...
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Feb 26, 20214 min read
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