HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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medical care for sick
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food and rest for travelers
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schooling for people
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scriptoria:writing rooms where slaves copied important works
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Detailed explanation-1: -But monasticism also offered society a spiritual outlet and ideal with important consequences for medieval culture as a whole. Monasteries encouraged literacy, promoted learning, and preserved the classics of ancient literature, including the works of Cicero, Virgil, Ovid, and Aristotle.
Detailed explanation-2: -Monks copied Jerome’s Latin Vulgate Bible and the commentaries and letters of early Church Fathers for missionary purposes as well as for use within the monastery.
Detailed explanation-3: -To make these manuscript copies, monasteries had a room known as a ‘scriptorium’ where the copyists (also known as scribes or amanuenses) copied from an earlier text or followed the dictation of a reader (which meant they could make as many copies as there were copyists in the scriptorium) [Martínez de Sousa: 42].
Detailed explanation-4: -Monks in the monasteries made copies of the books in their care-both religious and secular manuscripts.
Detailed explanation-5: -At the start of the Middle Ages, all Christians in western Europe belonged to a single church, which became known as the Roman Catholic Church. Monks also copied and preserved old texts, and in this way helped keep both new and ancient learning alive.