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Old folks will always gripe about kids rule (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

According to a quick, entirely un-fact-checked google, women in 1600s england had a 10% literacy rate. At least the bible would’ve been in english at this point?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the famous King James Version of the bible was published in 1611.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For people from the early 1300s the left picture would be on the right.