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Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ... by Bayart on Friday February 12, 2021 @11:43PM (#26121456)
Charlemagne struggled with writing the incredibly arcane Merovingian script [1]. That's the very reason he came up with the Carolingian script [2] the very print script you're reading this message with is descended from and the reason why he implemented school reforms.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovingian_script

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_minuscule

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Re:What you can learn about medieval Europe if you focus on ... by bennysonething on Saturday February 13, 2021 @12:21PM (#26124912)
Ah well that's interesting, thanks.
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