These images, they argue, were used as a means of religious instruction to a largely illiterate populace.

Contemporary sources record it being read to the largely illiterate population by priests and local teachers gathering in homes.

There is little contact with criticism or outside views for the largely illiterate troops.

He was largely illiterate, so could find no other work.

The result is more effective than a lecture in Portuguese or distribution of written material to a largely illiterate population.

For a largely illiterate public the show globe was a welcoming symbol.

The churches also carried out the function of education in spiritual guidance to a population largely illiterate.

In 1925, the population was largely illiterate and disparate.

But they form a graphic record that could not have been garnered from this largely illiterate group in any other way.

Like most people in Virginia, he and his family were largely illiterate.