If we were to go 400 years into the past to Western Europe, which even then, was one of the more literate parts of the planet, you would see that about 15 percent of the population knew how to read.
Om vi skulle gå tillbaka 400 år i Västeuropa, vilket redan då var en av de mer bildade delarna av planeten, var det så att runt 15 procent av populationen kunde läsa.