ABSTRACT
The ‘Twelfth-Century Renaissance’ is a convenient historiographical label and, despite re-evaluations, Haskins’ vision of this cultural achievement, published in 1927, remains the starting-point for its study. He portrayed a reinvigorated interest in Latin and its ancient classics, the revival of Roman Law, greater sophistication in historical writing and the rise of universities. Above all, because of the repercussions for the philosophical and scientific thought-worlds, he emphasized the translations of texts unavailable to the West for generations.
