*briefly wanders off topic with Nevfeniel (I had to respond too), apologizing in advance*
No, they could read because they were noble. Nobody was out there handing books to serfs; reading was part of the education of the rich and powerful (or religious types) and not really a lot of other people. There weren't a lot of lifestyles that seemed to require it.
--Belin Ibaimendi
[ August 28, 2002: Message edited by: Belin ]
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"I hate dignity," cried Scraps, kicking a pebble high in the air and then trying to catch it as it fell. "Half the fools and all the wise folks are dignified, and I'm neither the one nor the other." --L. Frank Baum
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