I was on a history site and it said the opposite of what you say. I will believe it over anythng y’all say. Do your own research. I was not even doing religious research when I found links on my genealogy sites. I went back that far on his ancestors and learned a lot about that era. It was fascinating to learn what his ancestors went through.
the discussion was concerning Catholics keeping the bible from the common folk...I merely stated that before the printing press in the 1500's...Bibles were out of the reach of virtually everyone because of their scarcity. I don't know how far back you traced your geneology, but if you had literate ancestors before the press was invented they were the exception to the rule....virtually no one could read......no books to read.