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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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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Can you imagine a society where most of the population had never even SEEN sheet music for their ENTIRE LIVES And compare that to our world and say we're the musically illiterate ones
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