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Mar 24 |
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How did commoners in late medieval to early modern Europe learn to read? @FelixGoldberg : There was a time, before the Reformation, when all or almost all peasants were illiterate. I don't think anyone contests this. Then there was a time period I don't know exactly when, when a lot of peasants (even if not all) were literate. (I think somewhere around the 18th - early 19th century, depending on the region). Now, between those two time periods, there had to be a time when some (even if just a few) peasants started to learn to read. So when was it, and who was teaching them? |
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Mar 24 |
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How did commoners in late medieval to early modern Europe learn to read? @FelixGoldberg: yes, but when? I know that before the Reformation no (or almost no) peasants could read and write, and even after that a lot could not read or write, but literacy still increased in that time period for the case of peasants, even if only by a very small margin. The question is: who was teaching them? |
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Mar 24 |
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How did commoners in late medieval to early modern Europe learn to read? All this I know, but the question is, who was teaching the lower classes to read in the period before the introduction of modern schools. While craftsmen were not among the poorest of the poor, there was no reason for them to go to schools in the middle ages, as only those who wanted to become priests did go to school. I'm interested in lower education (just the basics to read and write for peasants), not about the higher education (theology, philosophy, etc.). |
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How did commoners in late medieval to early modern Europe learn to read? added 20 characters in body |
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Mar 23 |
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Jan 22 |
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Why didn't mercenary combat after the middle ages lead to the collapse of the ruling class? added 6 characters in body |
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Jan 22 |
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accepted | Why didn't mercenary combat after the middle ages lead to the collapse of the ruling class? |
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Jan 22 |
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Why didn't mercenary combat after the middle ages lead to the collapse of the ruling class? for your update: While mercenary captains weren't commoners, they usually were not that high on the social ladder to become rulers just by inheritance. |
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Jan 21 |
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What Were the Types of Sieges? Let's not forget that many sieges were a combination of the two. The attacking army would bombard the castle for weeks or even months, so they could make a much more successful assault against a castle where the walls are damaged and the defenders have suffered casualties. |
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Jan 21 |
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Jan 21 |
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How did people receive news before the advent of the newspaper? I would also add markets, especially in rural areas. Traveling merchants would bring the news from cities to the countryside. |
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Jan 21 |
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Republican thought in the Middle Ages In fact, there were republics in the Middle Ages, for example a number of Italian city-states. |
