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− | n 1453, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople Constantinople] fell to the Turks, ending the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire Byzantine empire]. This date also marks the beginning of the [[Renaissance]], since the waves of [[Greek]] refugees spread knowledge of Greek throughout Europe. Included with the newly available Greek [[manuscripts]] were the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Hermeticum Corpus Hermetica], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotinus Plotinus], and the works of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism Neoplatonists]. | + | n 1453, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople Constantinople] fell to the Turks, ending the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire Byzantine empire]. This date also marks the beginning of the [[Renaissance]], since the waves of [[Greek]] refugees spread knowledge of Greek throughout Europe. Included with the newly available Greek [[manuscripts]] were the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Hermeticum Corpus Hermetica], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotinus Plotinus], and the works of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism Neoplatonists]. |
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− | Shortly thereafter in 1492, [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/ferdisabella.html Isabella and Ferdinand] expelled the Jews from Spain. This sent waves of Jewish refugees throughout Europe, spreading knowledge of [[Hebrew]] and of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah Kabbalah]. | + | Shortly thereafter in 1492, [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/ferdisabella.html Isabella and Ferdinand] expelled the Jews from Spain. This sent waves of Jewish refugees throughout Europe, spreading knowledge of [[Hebrew]] and of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah Kabbalah]. |
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− | Renaissance philosophers sought to [[integrate]] these [[traditions]] with the view of unifying the rapidly disintegrating religious [[factions]] and also ending the constant political strife. Thus they are the forerunners or [[prophets]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosicrucian Rosicrucian] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati Illuminati] movements. | + | Renaissance philosophers sought to [[integrate]] these [[traditions]] with the view of unifying the rapidly disintegrating religious [[factions]] and also ending the constant political strife. Thus they are the forerunners or [[prophets]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosicrucian Rosicrucian] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati Illuminati] movements. |
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