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I believe this was how it used to be before the invention of the printing press [1] > Royal pronouncements typically used a written document posted on the draw
by abdullahkhalids 7y ago
I believe this was how it used to be before the invention of the printing press [1]
> Royal pronouncements typically used a written document posted on the drawbridge, castle door or main bridge into the village, but residents needed the crier to announce the information for those who were unable to read.
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- Grustaf 7y agoTrue, that’s old school style! Come to think of it, I think they used to put up the all the pages of the latest editions of newspapers on public billboards not too long ago, and they were still doing that when I lived in St Petersburg (Russia, not Florida) 20 years ago. People would stay and read on the way to the metro, pretty nice!