A Dying Scholar's Greek Bible Helped Break Rome
Renaissance

A Dying Scholar's Greek Bible Helped Break Rome

A dying Byzantine scholar smuggled one last book to the West in 1453—and helped trigger the Protestant Reformation.

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Byzantine EmpireOttoman EmpireRenaissanceProtestant ReformationReligious HistoryConstantinopleManuscript TraditionsGreek ChristianityBiblical TranslationHumanismVeniceMartin LutherErasmus15th Century16th Century

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