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Well, probably not most children. I don’t really know anything about that particular region at that particular time, but based on history generally, literacy wa

by nkrisc 2y ago

Well, probably not most children. I don’t really know anything about that particular region at that particular time, but based on history generally, literacy was - until recently - often reserved for higher social classes.

skzv 2y ago
From the wiki article: > Scholars believe that the Novgorod Republic had an unusually high level of literacy for the time, with literacy apparently widespread throughout different classes and among both sexes.
- vik0 2y ago
  I read that too and I was surprised, but then the first thing that popped into my mind was that this is probably a case of survivorship bias
- nkrisc 2y ago
  Ah, I missed that important bit.