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“The Dark Ages, a time of almost universal illiteracy, engulfed the continent. Kings and queens couldn’t read and bragged about it, but Catholic monks kept both the written word and mail delivery from vanishing entirely.”

False. We don’t call it the dark ages anymore, and we haven’t for a while. Although yes, basically all the monks in Ireland saved civilization.