Comment by skzv
10 months 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.
10 months 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.