Complex sentence: One of the greatest of fields that flourished under his rule was literature and art, since the king himself was very fond of them.Royal patranage was given to literature paving way to a golden age of literature in the island.
Split into simpler sentences: One of the greatest of fields that flourished under his rule was literature and art, since the king himself was very fond of them. Royal patronage was given to literature paving way to a golden age of literature in the island.