Comment by skzv
1 month ago
From the wiki article:
> Scholars believe that the Novgorod Republic had an unusually high level of literacy for the time, with literacy apparently widespread throughout different classes and among both sexes.
1 month ago
From the wiki article:
> Scholars believe that the Novgorod Republic had an unusually high level of literacy for the time, with literacy apparently widespread throughout different classes and among both sexes.
I read that too and I was surprised, but then the first thing that popped into my mind was that this is probably a case of survivorship bias
Ah, I missed that important bit.