Brownworth attributes the Renaissance directly to Byzantine scholars who fled westward after Constantinople's fall, bringing classical Greek and Roman texts that had been lost to the Dark Ages in the West. Countries emerging from their medieval sensibilities fell in love with these forgotten classics, producing what they called a 'rebirth.'
What each episode says
Episode 5 (1 mention)
“To the Renaissance, he was a tragic hero.”
Episode 7 (2 mentions)
“It was in many ways similar to the Renaissance, condensed into one reign, with a confluence”
“But this cultural revolution, this Byzantine Renaissance, was driven by one man whose tireless”
Episode 16 (1 mention)
“A new spirit of adventure infused a Europe that stood on the cusp of the Renaissance.”
Episode 17 (3 mentions)
Brownworth attributes the Renaissance directly to Byzantine scholars who fled westward after Constantinople's fall, bringing classical Greek and Roman texts that had been lost to the Dark Ages in the West. Countries emerging from their medieval sensibilities fell in love with these forgotten classics, producing what they called a 'rebirth.'
“Classics the result was a rebirth or as they called it Renaissance where Western Europe was reintroduced to its own roots”
“Preserving the remnants of knowledge in the West and the Renaissance would be a pale shadow of itself”
“During the Middle Ages the victory of faith and after the Renaissance the dominance of reason”
Related