WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Church had an army larger than any other feudal army. Q. Which of these is a way that Catholic monasteries preserved ancient languages and learning? They wrote stories about early Egyptian legends.

Detailed explanation-2: -Monastery libraries housed most books and all books were copied by hand, usually by monks. This process of copying and disseminating books was essential to the preservation of knowledge. Some monks traveled to distant monasteries to view and copy books to bring back to their own monastery’s library.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most important thing the Church did to preserve Greco-Roman culture was to safeguard and copy ancient manuscripts and works of art. This was usually done by monks living in monasteries who copied out entire books by hand.

Detailed explanation-4: -Monasteries were also important centres of learning which educated the young, and, perhaps most significantly for today’s historians, laboriously produced books and preserved ancient texts which have greatly enhanced our knowledge of not only the medieval world but also classical antiquity.

Detailed explanation-5: -A monastery was a building, or buildings, where people lived and worshiped, devoting their time and life to God. The people who lived in the monastery were called monks. The monastery was self contained, meaning everything the monks needed was provided by the monastery community.