A man before his time, Manuel Chrysoloras
The European Renaissance was a time of great awakening and learning through many art forms such as literature and architecture. One man who contributed greatly to the proliferation of education during the Renaissance was Manuel Chrysoloras, a great teacher.
Chrysoloras was most famously known for introducing Greek literature to Western Europe. Chrysoloras did a large part of his teachings in Bologna, Italy, which is also known as the "city of letters". Chrysoloras was an emissary to the Greek Emperor. He was selected for that post because of his intelligence and diplomatic skill. When Chrysoloras came to Italy he was contracted by the Florentine Republic to teach Greek to anyone who wanted to learn it.
Chrysoloras was believed to have authored the very first textbook designed specifically for teaching a language, called Erotemata Civas Questiones.
In the year1400 at the University of Bologna, Chrysoloras and his followers created a society for mutual protection against the tyranny of Baldassarre Cossa, the governor of Bologna.
This idea along with the ideas of teaching would later create the foundations of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Chrysoloras
Bononia Docet. 1992. Charlottesville, VA. Kappa Sigma Fraternity