oration ▁of ▁old ▁schools ▁and ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁new ▁ones ▁throughout ▁the ▁emp ire . ▁Institution ally , ▁these ▁new ▁schools ▁were ▁either ▁under ▁the ▁responsibility ▁of ▁a ▁monaster y , ▁a ▁c athedral ▁or ▁a ▁noble ▁court . ▁ ▁The ▁scientific ▁work ▁of ▁the ▁period ▁after ▁Char lemagne ▁was ▁not ▁so ▁much ▁concerned ▁with ▁original ▁investigation ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁with ▁the ▁active ▁study ▁and ▁investigation ▁of ▁ancient ▁Roman ▁scientific ▁texts . ▁ ▁This ▁investigation ▁p aved ▁the ▁way ▁for ▁the ▁later ▁effort ▁of ▁Western ▁sch ol ars ▁to ▁recover ▁and ▁translate ▁ancient ▁Greek ▁texts ▁in ▁philosophy ▁and ▁the ▁sciences . ▁ ▁High ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁( AD ▁ 1 0 0 0 – 1 3 0 0 ) ▁ ▁Begin ning ▁around ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 0 5 0 , ▁European ▁sch ol ars ▁built ▁upon ▁their ▁existing ▁knowledge ▁by ▁seeking ▁out ▁ancient ▁learning ▁in ▁Greek ▁and ▁Arab ic ▁texts ▁which ▁they ▁translated ▁into ▁Latin . ▁They ▁encountered ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁classical ▁Greek ▁texts , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁had ▁earlier ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁Arab ic , ▁accompanied ▁by ▁comment aries ▁and ▁independent ▁works ▁by ▁Islam ic ▁think ers . ▁ ▁Ger ard ▁of ▁C rem ona ▁is ▁a ▁good ▁example : ▁an ▁Italian ▁who ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁Spain ▁to ▁copy ▁a ▁single ▁text , ▁he ▁stayed ▁on ▁to ▁translate ▁some ▁sevent y ▁works . ▁His ▁bi ography ▁describes ▁how ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁To led o : ▁" He ▁was ▁trained ▁from ▁child hood ▁at ▁cent ers ▁of ▁philosoph ical