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Were the "Dark Ages" really so dark?
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Selected claim, opposing its parent
Literacy rates seem to have
drastically declined
in much of the former Roman Empire.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
Monks
were the some of the only people who could read or write at this time.
Con claim 1
Women's literacy rates may have
increased
in the Middle Ages, in an important change for gender equality.