During the 15th and 16th centuries, a wave of Greek Byzantine scholars arrived in Italy where they contributed tremendously ...

Renaissance close RenaissanceThe revival or rebirth of European art and literature under the influence of classical Roman and Greek culture during the 14th to 16th centuries. is a French word that ...

The Macedonian Renaissance also had a hand in this perception. Although citizens during this era considered themselves Roman, the revival of literature and art was directly inspired by ancient Greece.