Defenses, by Bonald, is a selection of essays from the Throne and Altar blog in which Bonald defends a range of principles standing against liberal ideals. These essays are arguments advocating for essential social structures and values, each tackling a specific institution or concept - monarchy, patriarchal family, religion, regional cultures, and more. Based in a Catholic Monarchist worldview, the series contains critiques of liberalism, democracy, and secularism as eroders of natural & divine order.

Defenses includes the following essays:

• "In Defense of Censorship"
• "In Defense of Regional Cultures"
• "Human Sacrifice and the Eucharist"
• "In Defense of the Patriarchal Family"
• "In Defense of Religion"
• "In Defense of Tradition"