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Originally Posted by Watchdog
Frankly, though, I'm surprised Bill Cody even knew who Lucrezia Borgia was. He was not an educated man.
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I wouldn't be surprised. The level of literacy at that time was fairly high even among the poorer classes, and reading, especially of the classics, was fairly widespread. No TV, video games, etc. to waste time with sitting around the campfire, and people read instead. Theaters with stage plays were also fairly popular among the masses.