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Ludwig van Beethoven: Celebrating 250 Years of One of the Greatest Musicians of All Time

One of the greatest musicians in the history of mankind, and certainly among the greatest composers of the Western European tradition, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), was baptized 250 years ago on December 17, 1770. It is fitting on such a momentous anniversary to offer readers a brief overview of his life and work, highlighting several…

Abbess Caritas Pirckheimer: A Crucial Witness In Times of Persecution

If religious differences are discussed at all today, they tend to be elided or celebrated. Ecumenism has been the watchword among Catholics in recent decades; the Second Vatican Council’s On Ecumenism was one of the most-frequently mentioned documents in American newspapers. For the 500th anniversary of Luther’s 95 Theses, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian…

The Catholic Origins of Modern International Relations Theory

When teaching the history of the field of International Relations (IR), scholars tend to start with the classical author of The Peloponnesian War, Thucydides, then skip immediately to the early modern political theorists Machiavelli and Hobbes.  In the process, they ignore the entire medieval period and, therefore, the rich history of Catholic international thought that…

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