
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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Download on the App StoreByzantine EmpireOttoman EmpireRenaissanceProtestant ReformationReligious HistoryConstantinopleManuscript TraditionsGreek ChristianityBiblical TranslationHumanismVeniceMartin LutherErasmus15th Century16th Century
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