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Diarmaid MacCulloch writes in his book "Christianity" that in the 13th century, "A knowledge of Latin would be enough to make one understood by everyone who mattered in society from Stockholm to Seville. When did this cease to be the case, especially among the upper classes?

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Did Stalin, Churchill, and other world leaders know that Franklin Roosevelt needed a wheelchair to get around? What about members of congress and other government officials not in Roosevelt's inner circle?

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Diarmaid MacCulloch writes in his book "Christianity" that in the 13th century, "A knowledge of Latin would be enough to make one understood by everyone who mattered in society from Stockholm to Seville. When did this cease to be the case, especially among the upper classes?	238
Did Stalin, Churchill, and other world leaders know that Franklin Roosevelt needed a wheelchair to get around? What about members of congress and other government officials not in Roosevelt's inner circle?	113