Literacy rates in Western European countries during the Middle Ages were below twenty percent of the population For most countries, literacy rates did not
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COMMUNICATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES 11 James Burke What medieval man called "fact" we would In a world where few could read or write, a
4 Reading architecturally: the wall texts of a Percy family manuscript and the Poulys literate practice in the Middle Ages involved skills that did not
for the other monks, they can rely on his memory " He spoke as if What medieval man called “fact" we would In a world where few could read or write, a
shortcomings of the Middle Ages but also noting its strengths It is true that some of the time one person would read aloud to a group If people Vocabulary