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Only a small portion of the population could read during the Medieval period. What purpose did books serve for those people who could NOT read?
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Only a small portion of the population could read during the Medieval period. What purpose did books serve for those people who could NOT read?

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It served as a social standing, in the upper class most people could read by the 18th century, but there was also a great minority that couldn't. 
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