What was the Byzantine view of the Renaissance?

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What was the Byzantine view of the Renaissance?

The Byzantine Empire did not have a direct view of the Renaissance as it had already fallen by the time the Renaissance began in Western Europe. However, Byzantine scholars and intellectuals who fled to Western Europe during the fall of Constantinople in 1453 played a significant role in the transmission of Byzantine culture, knowledge, and manuscripts, which had a profound impact on the development of the Renaissance.