The evidence that medieval PEASANTS could READ! Medieval Misconceptions

There is a wealth of evidence indicating that many Medieval Peasants could in fact read and in this video I present some of that evidence to you. Sources: Studying Medieval Urban Literacy, A Provisional State of Affairs. 2013: https://medievalliteracy.wp.hum.uu.nl... Literacy, reading, and writing in the medieval West: https://web.archive.org/web/201304121... Birchbark letters: https://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_b... Middle English literature: https://www.uni-due.de/SHE/HE_ME_Writ... A decent summery article: http://medievalcolloquium.sewanee.edu... Awesome shadiversity chainmail T-shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/shadiver... My novel, Shadow of the Conqueror Audio Book affiliate links: US: https://www.audible.com/shadbrooks UK: https://www.audible.co.uk/shadbrooks CA: https://www.audible.ca/shadbrooks AU: https://www.audible.com.au/shadbrooks Ebook, Paperback and Hardcover available from most major book retailers, here are a few of the main ones: Amazon affiliate link (be sure to navigate to your country's amazon site): https://amzn.to/2XErUaR Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shad... Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/shad... My official website: https://www.shadmbrooks.com/ Shadiversity on Patreon:   / shadiversity