Monastic Orders
- Created by: hannahyell
- Created on: 11-12-15 14:29
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- Monastic Orders
- 1% of male (adults) by c1500 in England were monks
- Living in religious housing - monastries
- Lived under rule of manstries
- Most lived in the 900 religious communities (found all over the country)
- Benedictines (St Benedict) first devised the monastic rule
- Many Benedictine houses = large
- Some located in rural areas
- Provided travellers accommodation
- Took people's money
- Very rich
- Owned masses of land
- Untitled
- 1% of male (adults) by c1500 in England were monks
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