On 11/15/11 3:04 AM November 15, 2011, Dave Long wrote:
[1] was the renaissance a result of native humanism recovering from vandalism, or simply the result of an influx of civilized refugees from the (other, longer-lived) roman empire, taking refuge with their former trading partners somewhere in the sticks?
I have heard that it was the result of an influx of precious metals from the New World, which increased the money supply and allowed the European economy to boom.
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