Did the Renaissance of the 12th century really exist?

>>1362536

You mean the translation movement ? Yes, they started translating allot of works from antiquity into Latin. There were some nice intellectual developments all around as well. Abelard's work comes to mind.

>>1362555
there was meant to be a lot of science and prosperity too

but the plague ruined it all?

>>1362536
Scientific and intellectual advances occurred but in isolation. It wasnt til the printing press started pumping out 20 million books that all of Europe started to advance out of the darkness.