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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Although I would correct that statement to say that I think people who have some exposure to reading music probably outnumber people who don't, and if you divide them into cohorts the "zero knowledge" cohort is probably a plurality but not the majority
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No idea, factually, but that fits my intuitions too.
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