 Even more importantly, both countries also shared a strong Catholic history, on the frontier of struggles against the Muslims (Antemurale Christianitatis, Reconquista).Spain had a significant influence on Polish culture, particularly in literature.Spanish works have been translated into Polish and Spain was a setting of some famous Polish works such as "The Manuscript Found in Saragossa", and influenced major Polish literary figures, such as Juliusz Słowacki.