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No, unless you count scrolls as books for this reference.

Nearly all books in the eleventh century were hand copied/written and being expensive, such tomes were almost always protected by a hard cover of some sort.

A smaller book, the codex was similar to a paperback book in size, but as the name suggests, normally had a block of wood on each side to protect the pages.

Paperback books as we know them were introduced in the 1930s.

2007-01-08 08:41:33 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin C 3 · 1 0

Books were luxury items. Even English monarchs, such as King Richard III, only had around 20 books in their personal collection (and that was the fifteenth century)

2007-01-09 03:01:12 · answer #2 · answered by Specsy 4 · 0 0

Paper back books were first tried in 1920, but weren't widely accepted until the 1930's.

2007-01-08 09:02:59 · answer #3 · answered by dem_dogs 3 · 0 0

No! Mass printing only came about 400 years ago!

2007-01-08 08:42:35 · answer #4 · answered by bun 2 · 0 0

Well they had parchment and only scholars were able to write.
Most of the population were illiterate.

2007-01-08 08:50:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

NO!!!

2007-01-08 08:41:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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