r/dndmemes Paladin Sep 26 '24

Realistic medieval fantasy Comic

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u/BiscottiPatient824 Sep 26 '24

Wair thats super interesting, can you share the study/ research about the illiteracy part. Im on a major where we do some middle english and history and I feel that could come handy at some point

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u/LothorBrune Sep 26 '24

There isn't one that says "actually, people were very much literate in the middle-age" because that's as wrong as "nobody could read and was dumb". Literacy was quite developed in some urban area and common among the clergy, but it was very much not widespread.