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December 10

types of literacy

I vaguely recall there were terms for different types of literacy depending on its prevalence in society - 1-2%, <10%, <100%, something like "priesthood literacy", "artisan literacy" etc but can't find anything. Does someone by chance know what I mean 78.53.108.232 (talk) 17:20, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

The work you want is Ancient Literacy by William V. Harris. He talks about “mass literacy,” “scribal literacy,” and “craftsman's literacy.” Wymspen (talk) 19:17, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

that's it, thanks! 78.53.108.232 (talk) 20:26, 10 December 2017 (UTC)

Part of it is viewable on Google Books here (scroll down to "Contents"). Alansplodge (talk) 11:16, 11 December 2017 (UTC)