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In their free time, monks did a variety of things. Historically, they might have prayed or read religious literature. It is also possible that monks participated in activities to better their communities.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 16y agoGenerally speaking monks would pray, chant the canonical hours (Prime, terce, sext, none, vespers, compline, matins, lauds), and they would work. Depending on where the monks were living and what order they belonged to they would have gardens, dairys, or they would teach, or provide medical services.
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∙ 13y agoMedieval nuns, like monks, followed the strict Horarium or sequence of services. These were based on The Bible's assertion that a man ought to pray seven times a day, plus once in the night. This meant getting up for the night service and then returning to bed, getting up again for the first service of the day.
It is important to realise that time was seen very differently before mechanical clocks were invented; there was no accurate way of telling time, so all of the daily services were held at approximately the following times (which could vary in different nunneries and monasteries and at different times of year):
2 am: Matins, often combined with Lauds
6 am: Prime
9 am: Terce
12 noon: Sext
3 pm: None
6 pm: Vespers
8 pm: Compline
Nuns and monks went to bed in complete silence straight after Compline was finished. In between these Holy Offices were the daily Chapter meeting (around 7 am), the two daily Masses, meals, time spent reading or studying and time spent working at different tasks.
Every single part of the day was strictly allocated for a specific scheduled occupation (work, study or prayer) so there was no "free time" or time for play.
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∙ 14y agothey had jobs like ..
looking after travellers horses.
growing crops for the lords and them self's
making wine for the lords.
they were the type of jobs monks had to do in Tudor times!
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∙ 13y agoTell people about their religion and practicing their religion
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∙ 14y agoMeditate, possibly relax.
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∙ 11y agopetted cats.5ywn5synyjtjjk and ate kfc.
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He quarrelled with the pope . This dude also killed a priest and King John just said 'release him, he has killed an enemy of mine. Untie him and let him go.' After he had quarrelled with the pope he ordered all the monks at Canterbury , including the blind and crippled, out of the country! HE said that all monks were PUBLIC ENEMIES.
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Where did the Monk's live?
Answer 1: The monks live in monasteries.Answer 2: I sometimes wonder why questioners, here, ask questions about monks and friars as if they were something of the past. They exist, today; and live, today, much as they lived centuries ago. Little, in fact, has changed.And so, then, the first answer, which uses the present-tense "live," and not the past-tense "lived," is accurate in that as well as in that, yes, monks live (and lived, too, in the past) in monasteries.For more detail, please see the Wiki Answers article/answer that I wrote about how the lives of monks and friars differ. I've placed a link to it down in the "sources and related links" section of this web page, below.
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they like to sing, dance and play sports.
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You just call Monks Monks and Nuns Nuns. They don't have any other names.
A Name for monks in 1066?
There were many different factions of monks in 1066. Some of the monks were called Benedictine, Carthusion, or Lenton monks. There were about 4 more factions of monks during this time.
Can monks and nuns marry?
Sure, but they have to leave their positions.
Are any monks mentally disabled?
Answer As the Monks are also humans, there may be mental disorders in some of them.
Can monks stop being monks?
I can speak for other religions but as for Buddhism a Monk a can leave at any time. Buddhism is about personnel growth and development. If a Monk or Nun feels that they have attained enough wisdom and want to leave they can.
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She didn't really have any free time,because she was always helping her parents and did not have any free time when she went to war.
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Yes there are. There are monks that train at branches of the shaolin temple in their own country
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Do Tibetan monks believe in a god?
Generally not. Tibetan monks are Buddhists. Buddhism makes no mention of any gods.
What were medieval monks houses like?
The Medieval era spanned a millennia and many monks lived during that time- there's not going to be any definitive answer. What I can tell you is that common building materials included wood, mud brick, stone, and rushes and that monks' houses were probably built to the method of whichever era they lived in.
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