_O_G_ t1_ixqzr2f wrote on November 25, 2022 at 5:12 PM Reply to comment by therealCatnuts in Emperor Charles V's secret code cracked after five centuries by IslandChillin 1540s would be early Modern English not Middle English, so don’t think legibility is as big an issue as you’re implying. Also this dude was the Holy Roman Emperor so it probably wasn’t even written in English Permalink Parent 17
_O_G_ t1_ixqzr2f wrote
Reply to comment by therealCatnuts in Emperor Charles V's secret code cracked after five centuries by IslandChillin
1540s would be early Modern English not Middle English, so don’t think legibility is as big an issue as you’re implying. Also this dude was the Holy Roman Emperor so it probably wasn’t even written in English