Early Modern Europe

How Sweden Made Reading the Price of Marriage

Trying to stop couples from living together unmarried, the Swedish government accidentally built the most literate society on earth in 1686.

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Sweden17th CenturyLiteracyReligious PolicySocial ReformUnintended ConsequencesEducationMarriage LawsScandinaviaChurch LawUniversal Literacy

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