TIL the vast majority of books written in Old English were destroyed during the English Reformation, when the monasteries that kept them were sold to private owners. The new owners couldn't read or even recognize the language, so they used the parchment for insulation, boot polish, and toilet paper.

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TIL the vast majority of books written in Old English were destroyed during the English Reformation, when the monasteries that kept them were sold to private owners. The new owners couldn't read or even recognize the language, so they used the parchment for insulation, boot polish, and toilet paper.

TIL the vast majority of books written in Old English were destroyed during the English Reformation, when the monasteries that kept them were sold to private owners. The new owners couldn't read or even recognize the language, so they used the parchment for insulation, boot polish, and toilet paper. https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2021/08/29/episode-151-sick-to-death/ KnightTrain October 29, 2021 at 11:06PM

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TIL the vast majority of books written in Old English were destroyed during the English Reformation, when the monasteries that kept them were sold to private owners. The new owners couldn't read or even recognize the language, so they used the parchment for insulation, boot polish, and toilet paper.

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