Warren H. Carroll
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Dr. Warren H. Carroll was a leading Catholic
historian and author, and the founder of Christendom College
. He received an M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University
. He died on July 17, 2011 at the age of 79.
Dr. Carroll served at one time in the CIA's anti-communism
division as a Communist propaganda analyst, a job that would later prove most beneficial when writing his monumental comprehensive study of international Communism, Seventy Years of the Communist Revolution (updated and re-released as The Rise and Fall of the Communist Revolution). After his conversion to the Catholic Church in 1968, a year after his marriage to Anne Westhoff, Warren Carroll worked for the Catholic magazine Triumph
, and then founded Christendom College
in the mid 1970s with the help of other Catholic laymen. Carroll was also the first president of the college (located in Front Royal, Virginia
) until 1985, as well as the chairman of the History Department until his retirement in 2002.
At the time of his death, Carroll lived in Manassas, Virginia
with his wife Anne, the founder of Seton Junior & Senior High School
and Seton Home Study School
and the author of Christ the King, Lord of History, as well as Christ in the Americas.
Before his death, he returned to Christendom College
each month during the school year to deliver public lectures on select historical topics, ranging from the history of the country of Malta
, the Mongol leader Genghis Khan
, the French Revolution
, and topics from the twentieth century, with lectures on Emperor Karl of Austria and the Russian Revolution
in 1917. These public lectures are available for free download through iTunes
.
He was interred on the grounds of Christendom College on July 26, 2011.
He had published articles through The Society's periodical, The Catholic Social Science Review. Other awards Carroll received included the "Pro Deo et Patria Medal" and the "Queen Isabel Catholic Vision of History Award" from Christendom College and the "Christ the King Award" from The Christian Law Institute.
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
historian and author, and the founder of Christendom College
Christendom College
Christendom College is a small Catholic liberal arts college in Front Royal, Virginia, United States, which is located in the Shenandoah Valley.-Educational Mission:...
. He received an M. A. and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. He died on July 17, 2011 at the age of 79.
Dr. Carroll served at one time in the CIA's anti-communism
Anti-communism
Anti-communism is opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed in reaction to the rise of communism, especially after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia and the beginning of the Cold War in 1947.-Objections to communist theory:...
division as a Communist propaganda analyst, a job that would later prove most beneficial when writing his monumental comprehensive study of international Communism, Seventy Years of the Communist Revolution (updated and re-released as The Rise and Fall of the Communist Revolution). After his conversion to the Catholic Church in 1968, a year after his marriage to Anne Westhoff, Warren Carroll worked for the Catholic magazine Triumph
Triumph (magazine)
Triumph was a monthly American magazine founded by L. Brent Bozell, Jr. in 1966 and based in Spain. It commented on religious, philosophical, and cultural issues from the traditionalist Catholic perspective. It ceased publication in 1975.-Origin:...
, and then founded Christendom College
Christendom College
Christendom College is a small Catholic liberal arts college in Front Royal, Virginia, United States, which is located in the Shenandoah Valley.-Educational Mission:...
in the mid 1970s with the help of other Catholic laymen. Carroll was also the first president of the college (located in Front Royal, Virginia
Front Royal, Virginia
Front Royal is a town in Warren County, Virginia, United States. The population was 13,589 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Warren County.-Geography:Front Royal is roughly west of Washington, D.C....
) until 1985, as well as the chairman of the History Department until his retirement in 2002.
At the time of his death, Carroll lived in Manassas, Virginia
Manassas, Virginia
The City of Manassas is an independent city surrounded by Prince William County and the independent city of Manassas Park in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Its population was 37,821 as of 2010. Manassas also surrounds the county seat for Prince William County but that county...
with his wife Anne, the founder of Seton Junior & Senior High School
Seton High School (Manassas, Virginia)
Seton is an accredited, private, co-educational, Catholic junior & senior high school. Seton teaches orthodox, traditional Catholicism, in harmony with the Magisterium of the Catholic Church and its leader, Pope Benedict XVI. Furthermore, the entire curriculum at Seton is grounded on a Christian...
and Seton Home Study School
Seton Home Study School
Seton Home Study School is a full-service homeschool curriculum provider and book publisher. With around 11,000 enrolled students, Seton is larger than any other Catholic primary or secondary school in the United States. Headquartered in Front Royal, Virginia, Seton has students in every U.S. state...
and the author of Christ the King, Lord of History, as well as Christ in the Americas.
Before his death, he returned to Christendom College
Christendom College
Christendom College is a small Catholic liberal arts college in Front Royal, Virginia, United States, which is located in the Shenandoah Valley.-Educational Mission:...
each month during the school year to deliver public lectures on select historical topics, ranging from the history of the country of Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
, the Mongol leader Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....
, the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
, and topics from the twentieth century, with lectures on Emperor Karl of Austria and the Russian Revolution
October Revolution
The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...
in 1917. These public lectures are available for free download through iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
.
He was interred on the grounds of Christendom College on July 26, 2011.
Awards
Carroll has received numerous awards throughout his academic career. In 1995 he was the inaugural recipient of the "Pius XI Award" in history from The Society of Catholic Social Scientists, an organization of which Carroll was a board member.He had published articles through The Society's periodical, The Catholic Social Science Review. Other awards Carroll received included the "Pro Deo et Patria Medal" and the "Queen Isabel Catholic Vision of History Award" from Christendom College and the "Christ the King Award" from The Christian Law Institute.
Non fiction
- A History of Christendom (Six Volumes when complete)
- The Founding of Christendom
- The Building of Christendom
- The Glory of Christendom
- The Cleaving of Christendom
- The Revolution against Christendom (with Anne Carroll)
- The Crisis of Christendom (with Anne Carroll; expected June 2012)
- 1917: Red Banner, White Mantle
- Reasons for Hope (Co-authorship w/ William MarshnerWilliam MarshnerWilliam Harry Marshner, S.T.D., is a prominent convert to Catholicism, an eminent Thomistic theologian, ethicist, and a founding professor at Christendom College in Front Royal, VA where he was chairman of the theology department in the early days of the college.-Biography:Born in Baltimore in...
, Jeffrey A. Mirus, and Kristin Popik Burns,) - Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness
- The Guillotine & the Cross
- Isabel of Spain: The Catholic Queen
- Seventy Years of the Communist Revolution - Depricated
- The Rise and Fall of the Communist Revolution
- The Last Crusade