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Through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, literacy rates increased in most parts of Europe.

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The above statement is true.
Around the 17th and 18th centuries was an era which was known as the reading mania. This period was when the book reading rate was high. The reading rate increased due to the literacy rate, which was more than the average. However, people of this time were aware of the knowledge that literacy has the power to change the world. The reading habits of the people of this century increase the demand for books in Europe, leading to publishing and printing. Hence through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, literacy rates increased in most parts of Europe.

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