How did the church help educate people in medieval Europe?

Answer 1

Monastic orders set up schools and libraries all over Europe. Students would come live in cities where many learned teachers were living because there was not very many schools for people who wanted to attend. They gathered to hear hese teachers. In time, these gatherings grew into universities. Church scholars also aided education by studying the writings of ancient Greek and Roman thinkers. In the mid 1200's the Christian scholar Thomas Aquinas studied the works of the greek philosopher Arisotle.He used his knowledge to argue that Church and governmentcould get along as long as time, such ideas led to new ways of thinking about government.

Answer 2

The Catholic Church needed priests who could say mass and read The Bible, and monks who could copy Bibles. It kept monastery schools to train these people. Most of the schools in Western Europe of the Early Middle Ages were monastic schools of this type.

I want to point out, however, that the Catholic Church was not the only institution teaching people. The Byzantine Empire had a system of state run primary schools that operated down to the village level and taught both boys and girls, partly so all their soldiers could be literate. Also, the best schools in the West during the first 300 years or so of the Middle Ages were run by the Celtic Church, which was later absorbed by the Catholic Church. For example, around 550 AD, Cor Tewdws (Theodosius College), in Wales had 2000 students. And there were state run schools; Beverley Grammar School, in Yorkshire, was opened in 700 AD as a state run School, and remains open to this day.

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Answer 3

Many, but not all, of the schools in Western Europe were run either by cathedrals or monasteries. Clerics also provided education for a number of wealthy people as tutors. When the universities began to open, a lot of them were supported by the Church, but many were state supported or independent.

In the Byzantine Empire, the education was much more easily available than in the West, with quite possibly the majority of the population literate, but it was mostly state run, and the Church had a much reduced role in education there.

Answer 4

The ruler Charlemagne realized he wanted more people to be educated so he used the Catholic Church as a school instead of building a school. Probably did not have enough money to build a school.

Answer 5

they aided information by studying the writings of ancient greek and roman thinkers