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20285416 No.20285416 [Reply] [Original]

What would the Holy Roman Emperors have read?

>> No.20285423

>>20285416
The Holy Bible

>> No.20285543

The first Holy Roman Emperor couldn't read
A man that ruled modern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Northern Italy could not read

>> No.20285550

>>20285543
It suddenly makes sense why /lit/ has such a raging hard-on for Rome.

>> No.20285572

>>20285543
That's why he's an emperor and you'll always be a dweeb on an internet forum

>> No.20285797

>>20285572
Based

>> No.20285804

>>20285543
He was noted with having trouble with writing, not reading.

>> No.20285810
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>>20285416
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>> No.20285812

>>20285416
My Diary

>> No.20286594

>>20285543
Einhard mentions that Charlemagne was very proud of his ability to read (though he had to read aloud, not silently), but he was never able to get the hang of writing, and it took a great deal of effort to sign his own name.

>> No.20286632

>>20286594
kinda cute desu

>> No.20286640

>>20285543
Do you mean Charlemagne? His favourite book was city of god and according to Einhard, he read it himself.

>> No.20286968

>>20286594
Sounds like dyslexia

>> No.20287008

By the time of the HRE, Europe was sort of a giant vibe lounge with hella chicks and mad raids and tons of fortnite to play. so you didn't really 'read' so much as 'breed village girls and develop your raiding clan' and the HRE were like deeeeepset running private servers with hella old school babes just chillin listening to pure mood vibes while doing butt stuff