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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised the women was allowed and able to read. The audacity!

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In 1615 only a third of men would have been literate and less than 10% of women would be. So statistically she would have learned about the Bible from someone else

[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

Just as god intended.