The Importance Of Monasteries

Question 1

What was an almonry?

Answer 1

A place the poor would go to get food

Question 2

Who was allowed to get education in monasteries?

Answer 2

• education has to be paid for, so poorer families would offer their services for knowledge
• only boys

Question 3

What was the main reasons monasteries taught boys?

Answer 3

So they could train to become a priest or monk

Question 4

What subjects were taught and why?

Answer 4

Latin = language of the church
Music and verses = help future priests deliver services
Astronomy and maths = understand the church calendar and carry out administrations

Question 5

What was the options for education beyond the monasteries?

Answer 5

• only schools detached from the church saw the development of broader education
• oxford was the only university, Cambridge in 1209

Question 6

What was the importance of languages?

Answer 6

• Latin was the language of government, church and education
• Norman- French became the vernacular for upper and middle classes