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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Bach - a thousand years after the time period you're describing - struggled mightily in his early years as a composer because he *could not find* performers skilled enough in large enough groups to accurately perform his compositions, until he moved to the big city
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He had to learn to compose *in secret* as a child because the paper copies of sacred choral music kept at the church were considered too costly to let children touch, his brother had to sneak them out
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tbf he claimed " read music" which is something you don't learn from practicing with a guitar
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"Reading music" in and of itself is so much easier than actually playing an instrument (the many people who play without learning to sight read notwithstanding)
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