tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post7665698627176538863..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: St Pio and the QueenMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-40822391063291679202013-12-15T00:08:37.208-06:002013-12-15T00:08:37.208-06:00I've done about 30 posts on Africa-related roy...I've done about 30 posts on Africa-related royalty (not counting a few on Haiti) and will do more. However, I probably will not do as many as I would like as I just do not know as much about the monarchies of Africa and good information on them is rather hard to find. What is available is also sometimes controversial based on the point of view of the one writing it. Much of African history was never written down and the earliest accounts tend to come from outsiders and what they have to say is not always reliable. Last year I did a Black History Month special with one post a week all month about an African royal or royal-related key event. I try to have something for every part of the world but, I'm sure you understand, one tends to drift toward familiar waters which in my case is East Asia or Europe. Peruse what is here (check the articles page at the top for a list of countries) and hopefully more will be coming.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-68185855722707237492013-12-14T17:12:46.551-06:002013-12-14T17:12:46.551-06:00As a Secular Franciscan, I gleaned much informatio...As a Secular Franciscan, I gleaned much information from your article. It is sometimes true that the paths of kings and saints often cross, usually to the betterment of the royal (I am aware of some exceptions). I humbly request more articles on current African royalty, since as a African American, I am interested in them. Thank you for all of your diligent hard work.into a certain futurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283236325068581175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-24368152531981952472013-09-06T21:52:56.491-05:002013-09-06T21:52:56.491-05:00I will at some point but Portugal is a little more...I will at some point but Portugal is a little more difficult for me to cover than some other countries because I do not have much material on hand about it and so my knowledge of Portugal is not quite where I would like it to be.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-16648718410855017582013-09-06T21:51:38.897-05:002013-09-06T21:51:38.897-05:00I'm too erratic to have a favorite. I am famou...I'm too erratic to have a favorite. I am famous among those around me for jumping from one thing to the next, each time insisting that THIS is the most important period in history of all. However, I have consistently maintained that one could study ancient Rome and never have to study anything else. They did it all, tried it all and even today there is hardly anything that could not be related back to the Roman Republic or the Roman Empire.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-60664139996157165762013-09-06T21:49:19.790-05:002013-09-06T21:49:19.790-05:00Actually, Prince Emanuele Filiberto is probably th...Actually, Prince Emanuele Filiberto is probably the more popular candidate in that most Italians at least know who he is (mostly because of his reality TV appearances and the antics of his father) whereas the Aosta branch rarely attract tabloid or news attention.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-55577293296109312002013-09-06T19:08:31.195-05:002013-09-06T19:08:31.195-05:00Well, we can certainly pray. If there is anything ...Well, we can certainly pray. If there is anything good and decent in the world, the unholy injustice of 1946 will be reversed in time. Given the realities of the modern world essentially mandating that the candidate for the throne be "popular" in order to effect a restoration, Prince Aimone would probably be the most "acceptable" too. Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08368547834849724343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-46805387451183517302013-09-06T18:16:10.422-05:002013-09-06T18:16:10.422-05:00Great article as usual MadMonarchist. Informative ...Great article as usual MadMonarchist. Informative and educational. I wanted to ask you what your favorite period in history is? The reason I'm asking is, perhaps you could incorporate historic periods in your writing. Like for example dedicate an article to say.... The Belle Époque(1871-1814). Now I'll admit I'm being biased, I only mentioned the Belle Époque, because it is my personal favorite time in history. Perhaps you could write a piece on some good old times of Monarchist prosperity and that way it would focus more broadly on the benefits of Minarchism. What you're doing is great, your individual writings on Minarchist figures are stellar. But I believe if there is an expanded scope on past Monarchist glory epochs particularly my favorite The Belle Époque, I think we can significantly increase the education of the unfortunately ignorant masses on the subject of the benefits of Monarchism vs the ills of Republicanism. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933061073912976798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-14091140865852925082013-09-06T16:53:43.262-05:002013-09-06T16:53:43.262-05:00It also seems odd given how complimentary Pius IX ...It also seems odd given how complimentary Pius IX was toward Victor Emmanuel II and the queens were always very devout. However, the Church had put itself in an awkward position. For years they had the luxury of being critical when the monarchy was secure but when a republic became a real possibility the Church swung around and started trying to persuade people to support the monarchy. As always though, not everyone was willing to put the past behind them. They should have, if Pius XII, who came from the blackest of black nobility families, was able to support the monarchy, anyone should have been able to.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-75959104129418690702013-09-06T13:26:06.286-05:002013-09-06T13:26:06.286-05:00This is very strange, indeed. I had never heard me...This is very strange, indeed. I had never heard mention of this prophecy. I had heard conflicting information about Padre Pio supposedly being glad that the Savoys fell because of their past treatment of the Church. I thought this sounded unfair, since all that was hardly the fault of Umberto and Marie-José. If anything, I wonder if the anti-Catholic forces involved in bringing the Savoys to the throne in the first place, turned against them at this point in part because the family was now becoming pious again. Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-14214287684049545782013-09-06T07:31:36.013-05:002013-09-06T07:31:36.013-05:00Can you please write more about Portugal. Can you please write more about Portugal. daniel limahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00446111649335684718noreply@blogger.com