This correlates completely with maps depicting % of the population that was Lutheran.

Why?

Luther rebelled against the clergy interpreting the word of God. Only the Bible could provide that.*

To know the word of God, therefore, children had to learn to read.

*Too bad… 1/2
RT @vokiratas: @irgarner @KuldkeppMart It's not just thinking, it's that the situation is demonstrably opposite.
Russia lagged far behind in literacy - their writing skills were too low even…

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