They were valuable
Books were locked in chests during the Middle Ages to protect them from theft, damage, and unauthorized access. Books were valuable and labor-intensive to produce, often being handwritten by scribes on parchment or vellum. Locking them in chests helped safeguard these precious and rare items from being stolen or mishandled. Additionally, during this time period, literacy was limited to a select few, so restricting access to books also served to control who could read and interpret their contents.
They were valuable
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During the Middle Ages the monks were the people who preserved books and wrote books. The population of the Middle Ages couldn't read or write and there were really no schools for them to go to. Monks spent years creating and copying books. One of the great books that was done in this time was the Book of Kells.
Medieval books are manuscripts, which means they were written by hand.
Yes, and not just during the middle ages. The Church maintained an Index Librorum Prohibitorum - a list of banned books - which the faithful were forbidden to read. The Index was abolished in 1966.
You can combine Leather and Paper to create books, or you can go to a village and break bookcases, which when broken, drop books. Some dungeon chests may also contain enchanted books.
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Limited use of books in universities
The two middle books are the 33rd and 34th books - namely Micah and Nahum
The Inquisition banned books during the Renaissance, but it abandoned the brutal measures once used in the Middle Ages.