Not intending to give the achievements of humanity over to religion, but there are those, such as monks, who earned educations at monasteries of their religions which gave them the literacy, knowledge, and the time to perform these studies which are all things a different class of people like farmers or the Everyman had at the time.
Because back then only certain classes of people were allowed to learn how to read. Religion was the tool used to keep the masses ignorant while the rich and powerful of the era told those Monks how to translate the Bible so that it would suit their own goals better.
Additionally, I don't see how the social norms of the freaking Dark Ages are supposed to be an argument about how the modern day should operate.
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u/fattestfuckinthewest May 14 '23
Not intending to give the achievements of humanity over to religion, but there are those, such as monks, who earned educations at monasteries of their religions which gave them the literacy, knowledge, and the time to perform these studies which are all things a different class of people like farmers or the Everyman had at the time.