Is it true that the Fall of Constantinople helped to revive and expand the Italian Renaissance?

The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 marked the end of the Roman Empire, and it caused Greek scholars and other intellectuals to migrate to Italy to help revive the Italian Renaissance. Their roles were: grammarians, humanists, poets, writers, printers, lecturers, musicians, astronomers, architects, academics, artists, scribes, philosophers, scientists, politicians and theologians. They brought to Europe the far greater preserved and accumulated knowledge of their own Greek civilization.

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Simon Graf von Blücher

Sorry but the answer to this question is wrong. Most historians agree that the fall of Constantinople strongly infuenced the start of the Italian Renaissance. The influx of Greek scholars fleeing the event, brought new knowledge and books, in particular the Greek classics, which were then translated into Latin. This was in effect one of the things that helped start the Renaissance along with a new age of exploration. This is not the same as reviving and expanding it, which implies that the Renaissance had already begun and was in need of revival. Please check your facts before publishing questions.

Leona

True or false, it still offers interesting facts. It leaves one to only wonder about what is truth or what is false when it comes to ancient history. We are just going by the scribes in which the story is told. For some reason, I found myself fascinated with ancient history in my later years of adulthood. As a kid though, ancient history was boring enough to put us all to sleep, especially in the classroom, or so I thought. However, now as I've gotten older I have studied more about history especially ancient history (and I do this just to learn, not because I have too). I would rather know more knowledge and wisdom than be oblivious and clueless. I've learned more in my adult years than I ever learned in my younger years throughout elementary school to high school when it comes to history. And, I'm a Gen x generation girl. I've learned more in my lifetime as an adult by educating myself and doing my own research in order to distinguish my own difference between truth and fiction than I ever learned in my education through grade school teaching.

Cheryl Love

Every true/false question I’ve seen is “true”. Easy points. Even though I don’t think this was true.

Albert

“True” is almost always the answer to these questions!!

dvdeaton

“True” is almost always the answer to these questions!! And 1453, the “fall” of Constantinople is the earliest years of the Italian Renaissance, with Da Vinci being born in 1452.

Donna Smith

Got the correct answer.

Jawnsin Chris

Yes/True and all of the above will always be the right answer

ruthfunk

I don't agree with the answer. It dealt a blow to Italy.

dsneed

tesla alset, Guess it depends upon whom you are listening to at any time, some seem to be disagreeing with this point.

dsneed

And that was a good thing by golly. The world profited from that expansion. What a wonderful world it became, eh? Yay me. What pile - right?

Paul Vickers

Got it.

erik hughes

No; "The negative side of the impact was that the Black Sea trade crashed as the Ottoman Empire essentially started a monopoly for trade. The Fall of Constantinople severely hurt trades in the European region. The Ottoman conquest affected the highly lucrative Italian trade and gradually reduced trade bases in the region." I would call that a negative impact.