Before the invention of the printing press, most Europeans could not read and were uneducated. Those people could also be considered stupid (and they were).
It wasn't until the printing press made it possible to create many copies of the Bible in the language of the people that it became necessary for people to learn how to read, and once literacy improved in the general population, science advanced rapidly.
Before the invention of the printing press, most Europeans could not read and were uneducated. Those people could also be considered stupid (and they were).
It wasn't until the printing press made it possible to create many copies of the Bible in the language of the people that it became necessary for people to learn how to read, and once literacy improved in the general population, science advanced rapidly.