Comments | wombat_socho: On this day in 1571, Don Juan of Austria saved Western Civilization

wombat_socho

On this day in 1571, Don Juan of Austria saved Western Civilization

Oct 07, 2009 20:15

Oh sure, he had some help from Venice, the Papal States, his father Charles V (King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor) and a bunch of English Catholics who risked the wrath of Queen Elizabeth to fight the Turks. There was also, as Victor Davis Hanson says, a scientific and cultural advantage working in favor of the numerically inferior Papal League. ( Read more... )

it's a catholic thing, foreign policy wonkery, history

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anonymous October 9 2009, 23:15:19 UTC

when i saw "here at NRO" i thought "national
recon office has overhead on this????"

wombat_socho October 10 2009, 10:42:14 UTC

I should've known you would read it that way. :)