Hermann of Carinthia

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Hermann of Carinthia was a 12th-century philosopher, astronomer, and translator noted for rendering key Arabic scientific and philosophical works into Latin, helping transmit Islamic and ancient Greek knowledge to medieval Europe.

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Hermann of Carinthia canonical 2

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instanceOf human ⓘ
medieval scholar ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
translator ⓘ
alternativeName Hermann the Dalmatian ⓘ
Hermannus Dalmata ⓘ
Hermannus Dalmaticus ⓘ
Hermannus de Carinthia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
educatedAt Chartres school ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Carinthian ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrology ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
translation of scientific texts ⓘ
floruit 12th century ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre astrological treatise ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
scientific literature ⓘ
influenced Latin medieval science ⓘ
scholastic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic science ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
knownFor translating Arabic scientific works into Latin ⓘ
transmitting Islamic science to medieval Europe ⓘ
transmitting ancient Greek knowledge via Arabic sources ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic (as source language) ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
movement 12th-century Renaissance ⓘ
notableWork De essentiis ⓘ
De essentiis (On Essences) ⓘ
De essentiis et substantiis ⓘ
De indagatione cordis ⓘ
Translation of Ptolemy’s Planisphaerium ⓘ
Translation of astrological works of Sahl ibn Bishr ⓘ
Translation of the Tabulae Toletanae (Toledan Tables) ⓘ
occupation astrologer ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfActivity Chartres ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
southern France ⓘ
linked to: Southern France
placeOfBirth Carinthia ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
studiedUnder Thierry of Chartres ⓘ

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Peter the Venerable → collaboratedWith → Hermann of Carinthia ⓘ
Robert of Ketton → collaboratedWith → Hermann of Carinthia ⓘ