They were members of the Church and were under the protection of Church law. This set all clergy apart from other classes under the feudal system.
Unlike peasants, merchants or members of the aristocracy, monks could not be tried by manorial or royal courts, but only by a bishop or archbishop. In fact very few monks ever had to face a court trial since they were dealt with by their own prior or abbot.
Monks and nuns belonged to the Church, which was a separate class of society from all others. They were governed only by Church law, not by the king's law.
Medieval Monks spread Christianity by many different techniques. Now, if you are talking about Medieval Monks in Europe, then they spread Christianity by telling others mostly. There is a website all about Medieval Monks below.
Monks were around for every single year of the Medieval Age. There were also monks in late Roman times, and there are still monks in modern times. Monks have been around for a good long while, and not all of them were Medieval. * The Medieval Age lasted from the 5th Century to the 15th.
Gregorian monks.
no
The God of the Bible.
a Frock
To pray
their role was to protect
No, obviously. Medieval times ended hundreds of years ago and people, monks included just don't live that long.
Monks lived in monateries.
Masturbate, read scriptures, pray.
The monks didn't drive anything since they didn't have items to drive. They walked.