Medieval Monks

Introduction
(AGG) The Medieval Time was one of the most important times in history, because without the monks we would not have any written history of what went on during this era.(BS-1) Monks were the record keepers of the century. They would write about things that happened in the past and the happenings of their times. Monks were taught to read, speak, write and sing in Latin..(BS-2) Monks lived during the years of feudalism. Feudalism is a social structure where the monarch gave land to the nobility to control In exchange for loyalty to the king in times of peace and war. The nobility had peasants or serfs work their land. These people worked long hours and gave the harvests to the lord of the land for a small daily salary.(BS-3) During
They had many jobs that they had to do in the monasteries. There were many rules that a Monk would have to follow. Monks did many thing on a daily basis in the monastery. Every day they prayed, practiced silence, did work like cooking, cleaning and writing (Hackett). One of the things that monks would do is work for the good of the monastery. They would do the jobs that I included above (Hackett). Another job they had was to farm. Monks could sell their surplus to earn money but they weren’t allowed to eat the food without their master's consent. (GECOSAF). Monks were religious as well. Everyday they would have time to pray. This was known as the common prayer(Hackett). Before 1098 monks had to pray four times a day(GECOSAF). Monks were expected to be spiritual leaders (Hackett). There were many rules to follow for a monk One of the rules was monks could not leave the abbey alone (GECOSAF). If a monk did leave the abbey then he would have to leave with another monk(GECOSAF). Monks were not allowed to speak about what they saw outside of the monastery (Hackett) A third rule was that monks would have to go to bed early because they got up when it was still dark .If any of these rules were broken the punishment was long periods of prayer and whipping. After that the leader would expel him from the monastery (GECOSAF) These are some of the rules monks followed and what they did during their daily