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This second volume of my pilgrimages through Eastern Armenia recall those of my first Western Mediaeval ones, but can be read independently. There is no chronological constraint nor narrative threads that weave a plot. It is a pure experience with and of the Other, that I have endeavoured to communicate over and through a shared or communal linguistic, religious, architectural and discursive landscape of the Other. The Eastern Armenian Other. This experience may be called historial; that is, a fine existential blending of a story and a History which I would transcribe as (Hi)story. What has this historial experience taught me? That however small or insignificant Armenia be on the world stage, her contributions to Humanity compare commensurably to any Grande Nation. And believe me, these contributions have been immense! Hence, her presence, her contributions should not be ignored, denied, or scoffed at ...
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Paul Mirabile studied philology at the University of Vincennes-Saint-Denis, Paris VIII. Having obtained his doctorate in western mediaeval philology he taught and studied for thirty years in Turkey, India, China and Russia, reading, studying and publishing articles and books on the mediaeval epic tales of the aforesaid countries.
