Russia and Spain

[Michael C Finke]

There is an interesting short piece by E. M. Cioran on this topic, I
believe in the volume _The Temptation to Exist_.



Michael Finke
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On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Benjamin Sher wrote:

> Dear Giampaolo:
>
> James Billington, in his The Icon and the Axe (1967), has a chapter
> comparing Ivan the Terrible and Holy Rus' a) with Philip the II of Spain
> and b) with Biblical Israel. Fascinating reading.
>
> Benjamin
>
> On 28 Sep 2002 at 19:32, GP Gandolfo wrote:
>
> >         I have always been interested in the similar role that Russia and Spain
> > have fulfilled in history: Spain got rid of the Arabs at about the same
> > time when Russia freed herself  from the Tatar yoke, both have been proud
> > of being the champion of true Faith and the bulwark of Europe (to the South
> > and to the East respectively), etc.
> > Do you know of any literature concerning that topic?  Thank you for any
> > information you will kindly provide
> >         Giampaolo Gandolfo
> >
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