What is “a translation movement” in medieval Spain often linked to?

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In 12th–13th century Iberia, especially at the Toledo School of Translators, mixed teams of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian scholars rendered the scientific and philosophical corpus preserved in Arabic—often itself based on Greek originals—into the language used by Europe’s universities. This channel brought Aristotle, Ptolemy, Euclid, and Galen, along with thinkers like Avicenna, Averroes, and Alhazen, to Latin-reading scholars and helped fuel the 12th‑century intellectual revival and scholasticism.

Seized by Castile in 1085, Toledo had rich Arabic libraries and bilingual intermediaries. Figures such as Gerard of Cremona translated the Almagest and many medical works. Although Alfonso X later sponsored versions in Castilian, the broad, pan-European impact came through Latin, the era’s scholarly lingua franca.