Herman’s Muslim-Christian Bridge

Abstract

The Mid-European Slovenian sciences’ cradle and swan song combined happened in Carinthia. Herman of Carinthia
 used to be that cradle. During Herman’s early 12th century people needed the trade and manufacture again after the disastrous demolition of Pax Romana. Ljubljana with its new name was noted in 1144, and somewhat later the city of Klagenfurt was established not far from the banks of the Drava River where Herman de Carinthia (*1110 St. Peter v Lesu on Lurnško polje (Sankt Peter in Holz,
 Lurnfeld); † 1167) saw his first daylight.
 For Herman the Muslims were the windows into lost Hellenic knowledge. Even more. Herman learned Arabic to translate Arabic compilations of Hellenic texts which he and his contemporaries considered far advanced from Hellenic originals. The first two crusades of Herman’s times were cruel for the Middle East, but they enabled the cultural exchange in the same times. Herman’s approach was therefore better and even more successful while here we could learn how he managed it.