Yes and no. Italian scholars or scholars that worked in Italy studied Persian and Arab scholars, translated them and spread them in Europe.
Scholars such as: Gerardus Cremonensis, Leonardo Pisano, Michael Scotus, Guillelmus de Moerbeka, Plato Tiburtinus, Stephanus Pisanus, Constantinus Africanus.
Honorable mention to Federico II di Svevia as a patron.
Then the Latin and Greek classics weren’t touched by Persian hands. They came back to Italy with ERE (Byzantine) scholars running away from the war with the ottomans (especially with the fall of Constantinople).
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I think the Arab world was probably more directly responsible. The Byzantines also played a big role.
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Yes, thank you people from the middle east.Â
Is this true and if so to what extent?
how did europe lose them exactly?
We’re…just going to ignore the Byzantines, then.
Yes and no. Italian scholars or scholars that worked in Italy studied Persian and Arab scholars, translated them and spread them in Europe.
Scholars such as: Gerardus Cremonensis, Leonardo Pisano, Michael Scotus, Guillelmus de Moerbeka, Plato Tiburtinus, Stephanus Pisanus, Constantinus Africanus.
Honorable mention to Federico II di Svevia as a patron.
Then the Latin and Greek classics weren’t touched by Persian hands. They came back to Italy with ERE (Byzantine) scholars running away from the war with the ottomans (especially with the fall of Constantinople).
I think the Arab world was probably more directly responsible. The Byzantines also played a big role.