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4 days ago · Yet his narrative of Catholic missions to the New and Old Worlds frequently covers the 17th century, and occasionally (as in on China on p.512) moves into the 18th century. Another potential objection is the manner in which the narrative has been framed.
5 days ago · Poland’s culture ministry announced that it recently got a mysterious package in the mail. Inside was a set of priceless missing tiles from the 17th century. The pieces once decorated Warsaw's Palace on the Isle, which today is the Royal Łazienki Museum.
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6 days ago · The duchess who became a religious sister. Hedwig expressed this conviction to Gertrude, the youngest of her six children. Her life as a wife and mother had been filled with many sorrows. The duchess, who had stood by her husband and assisted him in his duty of governing, had witnessed the death of three sons and two of her three daughters.
3 days ago · The following chapter ‘From Mendicants to Congregations’ opens with a review of the established mendicant tradition in France with particular emphasis on the ongoing influence of the Franciscans during the 17th century – an important subject considering the much greater attention generally given to new orders and congregations.
4 days ago · Europe in Crisis 1598-1648. Oxford, Blackwell, 2001, ISBN: 9780631220282; 348pp.; Price: £88.89. Among those scholars who write on early modern Europe, Geoffrey Parker occupies a position of well-merited prominence. His books, essays, articles and other publications have greatly extended the understanding of early modern Europe among ...
3 days ago · In the interview below, Brother Rex, a hermit at Little Portion Hermitage in the Diocese of Portland, told Catholic News Agency what it is like to live the eremitic life in the 21st century. What does it mean to be a hermit? According to the Church’s latest Code of Canon Law the canonical definition of a hermit is as follows: Can. 603 §1.
1 day ago · The Enlightenment was a powerful, widespread cultural movement of intellectuals beginning in late 17th-century Europe emphasizing the power of reason rather than tradition; it was especially favourable to science (especially Isaac Newton's physics) and hostile to religious orthodoxy (especially of the Catholic Church).
