Fibonacci and paper

Arrived at the same time.

The church had already reformed and consolidated Latin and it was in wide use, in the church.  Church schools taught the scriptures in Latin. And the church had settled on a standard script.

Fibonacci introduces position value on paper, the complete set of numbers, and do the multiplies in 2-D tabulature mode, no need for an abacus. Then we get formal paper banking, letters of credit. Paper is cheap, it is affordable now for everyday merchant use, accounting is real and paper mills spread throughout Europe fairly fast.  Children can now practice writing Latin.  Now we can manage a ships manifest, maintain the price of inventory, bear witness to financial transactions, ad we get contracts, balance sheets. Church notices become more frequent, and folks can copy them, mail becomes important.

Paper will also, I suspect, spark the beginning of national written languages. It is 400 years until movable type, but we get wooden block printing for emblems, seals and art. But paper is cheap, the script now standard and anyone with a bit of education can copy the church notices and take them to their village. The role of town poet goes away.  Stage drama and music  can have paper scores Every town has to have a literate person, someone to use paper. There is another  split between the local vocals and the Latin writings.