Yeah he did hugely advance it. This didn't really get noticed in his own day, as they were busy dumbing things down into the classical period, but he was hugel

Yeah he did hugely advance it. This didn't really get noticed in his own day, as they were busy dumbing things down into the classical period, but he was hugely influencial through rediscovery. Except for Italian humanists rediscovering Greek and Roman writings, I'm having a hard time thinking of an earlier instance of a chiefly posthumous legacy.