The author draws an analogy between the "Latin Bible" and an early law code in order to make which one of the following points? A. Documents were considered authoritative in premodern society in proportion to their inaccessibility to the majority. B. Documents that were perceived as highly influential in premodern societies were not necessarily accessible to the society's majority. C. What is most revered in a nondemocratic society is what is most frequently misunderstood. D. Political documents in premodern societies exerted a social influence similar to that exerted by religious documents. E. Political documents in premodern societies were inaccessible to the majority of the population because of the language in which they were written.