Why did medieval people write in such ridiculous scripts? Did gothic or other letters have any advantages I don’t know about?
It was considered an art, the monks would primarily write what you've seen, and that was their only job, they were well aware that they would become historic texts so wanted to Present their culture in a certain way, so they made their writing art
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It was considered an art, the monks would primarily write what you've seen, and that was their only job, they were well aware that they would become historic texts so wanted to Present their culture in a certain way, so they made their writing art
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Is there a simple explanation for why medieval people write in such ridiculous scripts? did gothic or other letters have any advantages i don't know about?
It was considered an art, the monks would primarily write what you've seen, and that was their only job, they were well aware that they would become historic texts so wanted to Present their culture in a certain way, so they made their writing art
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