Within Kievan Rus, sparse evidence in regards to its culture and levels of literacy existed until recently with most of its historical knowledge being relied upon by the monuments of churchmen and small amounts of secular text. As a result of excavations in Novgorod and other locations, Kievan Rus has been brought to life through the findings of birch bark charters and graffiti left behind on the walls of churches. Through these discoveries it has sparked new questions about literacy, as well as revolutionized our understanding of the early Rus’ society. Surviving texts from this period of time have been able to give insight into Novgorodian life in a multitude of ways, including; business notations, private letters, practice writing and even small doodles.
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Remarkably, Kievan Rus had a widespread sense of literacy on many different levels of urban society and the sources for what is deemed ‘lay literacy’ is abundant, giving way to a better insight of life in Kievan Rus than there had been
Remarkably, Kievan Rus had a widespread sense of literacy on many different levels of urban society and the sources for what is deemed ‘lay literacy’ is abundant, giving way to a better insight of life in Kievan Rus than there had been