
Middle Ages 9: Knowledge and Ignorance in the Middle Ages (and Today)
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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The Early Middle Ages - A Time When Literacy Was Very Low
Before the printing press, only a tiny portion of people had any need to be literate. This also was a time when a tremendous amount of ancient and classical knowledge disappeared. And as i said before, the notion that the church tried to suppress knowledge is completely upside down.
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