Question

How the capture of constantinopole by the turks led to the advent and growth of the renaissance?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

(a) Capture of Constantinople by the Turks:

• In the years 1453, the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople, the Capital of the Byzantme Empire which remained in Christian hands for more than thousand years.
• Its libraries contained the manuscripts of world-famous Greek and Roman writers.
• As the siege of the City began, the students and scholars fled with a number of priceless manuscripts.

(b) Decline of Feudalism:

• Feudal lords had possessed huge estates, who exploited the peasants ‘Social mobility’ and progress were badly affected by this system.
• Freedom or equality of rights was denied. Towards 13th and 14th centuries, started the decline of feudalism.
• It led to develop the habit of free-thinking.
• It paved the way for New Learning Consequently, new development came into being in the fields of art, literature, science and philosophy.