Re:The quest to recreate a lost and ‘terrifying’ medieval mead
by sandworm101 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @09:39AM
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If the new bride (14yo) can read such a book then she is not a peasant. If the family owns a book then they are several tiers up again. Anyone reading this book therefore has at least one servant. If they do, that servant may well be a child even younger than the new bride (12yo). Such a person definitely cannot read. This is a book for the master or lady of a 14th century household speaking to their servant. Mansplaining is expected.
If the new bride (14yo) can read such a book then she is not a peasant. If the family owns a book then they are several tiers up again. Anyone reading this book therefore has at least one servant. If they do, that servant may well be a child even younger than the new bride (12yo). Such a person definitely cannot read. This is a book for the master or lady of a 14th century household speaking to their servant. Mansplaining is expected.