What did monks and nuns do during the middle ages?

Answer 1

Generally speaking, monks and nuns lived in monasteries or convents, and did very much the same sorts of things other people did in terms of raising food, cleaning, cooking, and so on. They did not have families, but spent their time in prayer and devotion instead.

Many monks and nuns worked at specialized jobs, and there was a wide range of these from tending the sick and making medicine, to making cheese or wine, copying books, singing in choirs, educating people, and providing inns for pilgrims and other travelers, protecting travelers on the road, and even fighting wars.

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Answer 2

Monks and nuns looked after the poor and sick and set up schools for children. They gave food and lodging to travelers, and some monks and nuns became missionaries. Monks and nuns copied Greek and Roman works as a form of labor. Educated monks and nuns also wrote and taught Latin, and educated people.

Answer 3

The monks often were the medical help in an area and there were monks who spent their lives compiling books from ancient texts. The nuns ran nunneries and gave women a safe harbor when they had no place to go. Both the nuns and monks took in children that were abandoned by their parents. Monasteries and nunneries also took in travelers at night giving them a safe place to stay overnight.

Answer 4

the role of monks and nuns were to help and teach students.

Answer 5

The Monks and Nuns educated people, wrote books and painted beautiful pictures. In that way they kept these things from being forgotten.

Answer 6

Monks and nuns cared for the sick and poor. The monks also kept learning alive and illustrated and copied books.