Only a few people—mostly boys from wealthy families— learned how to read and write cuneiform. After years of training, some students became scribes (SKRYBS), or official record keepers. Scribes wrote documents that recorded much of the everyday life in Mesopotamia, including court records, marriage contracts, business dealings, and important events. Some scribes were judges and government officials.
The major criticism of the Catholic Church put forward by the Protestants during this time was that the Church had "lost its way" and become too focused on pageantry than on truly serving God.
