What was the 12th Century Renaissance?

The Renaissance of the 12th century was a rebirth of knowledge that was lost by the Europeans. All the knowledge of the ancients was stored in the western parts of the roman empire. After the empires fall then the Muslims got control over it. The knowledge was lost from Europe and them fell into the Dark Ages. Later during the 12th century after many crusades to the holy land and elsewhere some of the knowledge was brought back. Old texts like the writing of Aristotle were brought back to Europe. Europe was reborn with the gain of its lost knowledge. Also more texts were collected from Spain. The rate at with invention were created in Europe jumped as all the new scientific knowledge came into Europe. All the many fields of science were brought back and logic now helped the Europeans devise solutions to problems.

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Renaissance of the 12th century. Web. 27 Apr. 2010. Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_of_the_12th_century

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God the Geometer.jpg. Web. 27 Apr. 2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:God_the_Geometer.jpg.