The Great Storm of August, 1792
August 10th, 1792, has been called the day the devil entered the Kingdom of France. On that day, the Jacobin commune stormed...
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Affaires des Fiches (1904-1905)
The year was 1904. The French government of the Third Republic was in the hands of President Emile Combes, who served from 1...
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Understanding Medieval Life Expectancy
Of the many inaccurate pieces of information that we often hear about the Middle Ages, one of the most often repeated is tha...
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Criteria for Applying the Vincentian Canon
In the mid 17th century English Protestant divine William Chillingworth derided the concept of an unbroken apostolic traditi...
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Maelurain of Tallaght (d. 792)
St. Maelurain (d. 792)was the founder and abbot of the monastery of Tallaght which became the focal point of an 8th century ...
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Milton the Catholic
No, not famous poet John Milton, but his brother, Christopher.