Thesis: the average 18 year old student in, say, York in AD 800 (the middle of the so-called "Dark Ages") had read more, knew more languages, was better trained in logic, could read more music, knew more mathematics and astronomy than the average student from a university today.
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Replying to @johnpauldickson
Slightly misleading, not wilfully so, I’m sure. What percentage of 18-year-olds in 800AD were students? V few, I’d guess. I’d imagine most 18-year-olds then would have been illiterate.
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Replying to @kevinmitchell50
A small percentage. But I’d those that were students—rich or poor—were better educated than we are.
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Replying to @johnpauldickson @kevinmitchell50
That’s quite a stretch. Huge amounts of the subject matter would have been based on Aristotle & would have been frankly wrong. The medical stuff would have been highly superstitious, & even the concepts of cause&effect were not well understood “because God did it”
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You gotta stop doubling down. This is so embarassing.
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