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The simplistic answer is "books" but the truth is more complex.
Medieval monastic scribes had access to much older books dating back to Carolignian and Byzantine times, which were themselves often copies of classical Roman and Greek texts; these were copied and re-copied, but often with updates and changes added; 12th century scribes at Canterbury made many copies of the much older Utrect Psalter, but often added their own (12th century) illustrations instead of copying the originals.
Monastic scribes also copied legal documents, charters, cartularies, letters, wills, land grants and many other manuscripts that were not books. In the case of a legal document, each of the people mentioned in the case expected to have a copy of the text so many copies had to be made, as well as another for filing away.
It was in the interests of each monastery to preserve the documents that granted its own land and holdings, or later donations of land and property from benefactors. Without documentary evidence to support the claims to such land, the king would be in a position to confiscate it.
Among the many books in monastic libraries would be the writings of the fathers of the Church such as Lanfranc, Bede, Sts Benedict and Jerome, Augustine of Hippo and Gregory the Great. There were also classical Latin writers: Cicero, Ovid, Homer; Bibles, books of psalms, the Gospels and discourses on The Bible stories; there were books of herbs, medical texts, geographies and books on mathematics, science, logic and the law.
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Who copied the Anglo-Saxon manuscripts by hand?
Monks in local monasteries
What role did monasteriers play in strengthing christianity?
Monasteries were areas that sheltered monks and allowed them to study Christianity in detail. The monks in turn promoted and preserved beliefs of Christians.
What role did monasteries play in Christianity?
Monasteries were places where monks studied christian works and they preserved and promoted the ideas and beliefs of Christianity.
What role did monasteries play in strengthening Christianity?
Monasteries were places where monks studied christian works and they preserved and promoted the ideas and beliefs of christianity.
How are the monks and monasteries related?
Monks live in monasteries.
Why were monasteries important?
Monasteries during the Middle Ages (Dark Ages) provided repositories for the documents and artifacts from Roman and Greek civilization, as well as those of a religious nature. Many texts were copied by hand, or preserved as scrolls, or bound into volumes. In feudal times, monks and other orders provided educational services (notably to the children of rulers), and cared for travelers and the sick.
How were monks and monasteries alike?
Monks were, and are, men who are devoted to religious life. They live in buildings called monasteries. So monks are people are monasteries are buildings, so in that way they are not alike at all.
What writers in Rome copied Ancient writings?
Ancient Roman writings were not copied by writers in Rome. They were transcribed by monks in monasteries and abbeys dotted around Europe from the 800s and 820s. Charlemagne ordered them to do these transcriptions.
Who helped the poor and need and ran schools and collected ancient Greek and Roman writings?
It was Charlemagne. He did not collect Roman writings. He commissioned monks to transcribe them. As a result copied manuscripts of Roman writings were scattered around the monasteries of much of western Europe. He did not do so with Greek writings. Knowledge of Greek had been lost, so the monks could not transcribe them. Greek writings were preserved in Greece.
Men who lived in monasteries?
monks
What is a house for monks or nuns?
monasteries- the dwelling place of a community of monks
Monks practiced alchemy in monasteries?
Yes. Some monks were alchemists.
