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(Medieval & Renaissance Text & Studies. Vol. 201). By Rick Bowers. 100 pp. Tempe, Ariz. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1999. $22. ISBN 0-86698-243-4.

When the Arabs swept across northern Africa into Europe, they brought with them mathematics, science, and religious diversity — sparks to kindle the Renaissance. Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew texts were translated, transcribed, and distributed by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim scholars. After the development of printing (around 1450), there was rapid dissemination of knowledge. By 1500, there were hundreds of printing presses in Europe, each printing hundreds of books. The Renaissance spread like wildfire.

Thomas Phaer (1510?–1560) was a product of this phenomenon. He was a lawyer, physician, scientist, classicist, poet, and member of Parliament. Rick Bowers, the author and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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