Question: How did Balian, a peasant, get to be literate at the beginning of the film, before he leaves with his father? He reads what's carved into the wooden beam over his workplace.
Krista
21st Jul 2005
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
12th May 2005
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Question: It seems like a glaring factual error that Balian is able to read and write, given that he was raised as a peasant in the Middle Ages. Did I miss some mention as to how he became literate?
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Chosen answer: Who says he was reading it, someone could have told him what it said, so he knew what the beam says rather than read it.
jennie87