User blog:Dragonfire8/Peasants being able to read

Has anyone ever found it strange that Merlin ,Gwen and nearly all other peasants who have been met can read and write? It may sound like a strange question but in the dark ages only monks, bishops and maybe the king knew how to read and write. So where were they all educated? Because there was no such thing as a school back then. I know the show wouldn't be very good if no-one knew how read, but i'm just trying to be realistic.

What do you think?

(And by the way, this is my first ever blog post!)