The Conquest of Knowledge: Translation and Civilization from Antiquity to the Renaissance
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A survey of the history and impact of the transmission of ancient Greek thinking across the western world, through manuscript books and translation. Lecture 1: The historical significance of the translation of Greek texts in the West from antiquity to the Renaissance Monday 16 November The historical and political significance of the translation of Greek texts, and the development of a Hellenic…