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The Three Orders
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What was the function of medieval monasteries?

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The word ‘monastery’ is derived from the Greek word ‘monos’, meaning someone who lives alone.
i. From small communities of 10 or 20 men/women, monasteries grew to communities often of several hundred, with large buildings and landed estates, with attached schools or colleges and hospitals.

ii. They contributed to the development of the arts. Abbess Hildegard was a gifted musician, and did much to develop the practice of community singing of prayers in church.

iii. From the thirteenth century, some groups of monks - called friars - chose not to be based in a monastery but to move from place to place, preaching to the people and living on charity.

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