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Because the Turks captured this town scholars fled to England where they became tutors?

Constantinople


Why did Christan scholars flee to Rome in 1453?

No Christian scholar fled in 1453. They fled Constantinople which was captured by the Ottoman Turks in that year.


In what three ways did scholars return to learning from the Greeks and Romans?

First, the artist and scholars a of Italy drew inspiration from the ruins of Rome that surrounded them. Second,Western scholars studied ancient Latin manuscripts that had been preserved in monasteries. Third, Christians scholars scholars in Constantinople fled to Rome with Greek Manuscripts when the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1423.


In what ways did scholars return to learning from the Greeks and Romans'?

First, the artist and scholars a of Italy drew inspiration from the ruins of Rome that surrounded them. Second,Western scholars studied ancient Latin manuscripts that had been preserved in monasteries. Third, Christians scholars scholars in Constantinople fled to Rome with Greek Manuscripts when the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1423.


Why was the fall of Constantinople capital of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Turks in the year 1453 such an important event for the Renaissance?

Yes, when Constantinople fell, the scholars from Constantinople took their work ie: Maps, Paintings, Formulas, Diagrams, etc. They went to Italy and spread their Ideas. So, the fall of Constantinople affected the Italian Renaissance,


Where did many of the Greek scholars leaving Constantinople end up?

Italy! It hepled start the Renaissance.


What was the effect of the migration of Greek scholars and texts to Italy following the Fall of Constantinople?

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When the Turks conquered the Byzantine empire they actually helped to create the Renaissance?

Some historians believe that after the conquering of Constantinople large amounts of greek scholars fled West particularly to Italy where they transfered valuable texts and information this may have given the Renaissance further impetus for growth inb the intellectual field


Which period of history was greatly influenced by classical greek and roman works?

The Renaissance was the period in history most influence by classic Greek and Roman works. After the fall of Constantinople, many Greek and Roman scholars fled to Italy and Western Europe, prompting a new surge of interest in ancient literature and a desire to reproduce their culture.


What city fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 causing scholars to flee with ancient Greek and Roman manuscripts?

The Greek scholars fled to Italy, where an interest in Greek learning had been stimulated by Greek scholars who had already settled there and had generated an interest in the ancient Greeks as well as the Romans among Italian humanists, which then became a feature of the Italian Renaissance. Ancient Greek manuscripts had been lost in Western Europe and Byzantine scholarship only became fully available in the west after the Council of Florence of 1438-39, which the Byzantine emperor attended to discuss a union of the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Some Greek scholars settled in Italy around this time and were later joined by learned Greek refugees. Gemistus Pletho lectured in Florence on the difference between Plato and Aristotle and reintroduced Plato to Western Europe. His lectures inspired Cosimo de' Medici to found the Accademia Platonica in Florence. George of Trebizon was summoned to Venice in 1430 or 1438. Theodorus Gaza he became professor of Greek in the newly founded University of Ferrara in 1447. Basilios Bessarion settled in Rome in 1438 and his residence became a centre for the study of humanism and and Greek learning. It also acted as a centre for Greek scholars and refugees. He supported the commissioning of translations of Greek manuscripts into Latin.They fled to Italy.


Why do modern scholars refer to the Eastern Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire?

It's capital was Byzantium, later renamed Constantinople after the emperor Constantine.


What was the effect of the fall in constantinople?

When Constantinople fell, refugees headed to Europe took vast amounts of art and knowledge from Constantinople. This ignited the Renaissance, a whole rebirth or art and knowledge from the Dark Ages as well as the fallen Constantinople.