It isn't possible. They are after all bishops. They have said a service before and they must have read something!!
they had to read and write
The Medieval Manuscripts were handwritten by the priests and monks, since they were basically the only ones who could read, write, and let alone understand. Manuscripts were decorated with pictures and patterns.
Yes, priests and monks in the medieval period could read and write, although they were rather in the minority! The wrote and "illuminated" (illustrated) beautiful books called manuscripts, such as the Book of Kells.
No. 90% of the population couldn't read or write.
Paper. Paper that was a form of parchment. Paper was invented in ancient China and by the 1300's it was in use everywhere. Few could actually write. Only the church or nobility knew how to read and write.
YES, Solomon Northup could read and write, he was a free man that could do that.....
Basically, there was no education. Monks and priests as well as a few nobility could read and write, but the population as a whole couldn't.
The scries could read and write, but rich people could learn to read a write aswell.
Reading is in everything! If you could not read, then you could not write. If you could not read or write, then you could not use most means of communication.
Only William Shakespeare could read and write in his family.
During the medieval times, few people had an education or could read and write. With that said, it was common among the upper classes of all of Europe use Latin as the language that most of the educated classes were taught.
No, St. Maria was not taught how to read or write.