HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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monasteries.
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churches.
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cathedrals .
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Irish monks spread Christianity into Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland. St. Ninian established a monastery at Whithorn in Scotland about 400 AD, and he was followed by St. Columba (Iona), and St.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Roman Empire officially adopted Christianity in AD 380. During the Early Middle Ages, most of Europe underwent Christianization, a process essentially complete with the Baltic Christianization in the 15th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -The monks chose these isolated places because it allowed them to pray and work without distraction. In these early monasteries, monks lived in small bedrooms called cells.
Detailed explanation-4: -How do you think the building of new monasteries helped spread Christianity? Monks in the monasteries worked to convert the people living nearby to Christianity. What were women’s lives like during the Middle Ages? Fewer rights than men, had to obey fathers or husbands, worked in the home.