Question

How did monks help to preserve learning during the Middle Ages?

a. They recited poems.
b. They copied books.
c. They built universities.

Answer 1

Answer:

How did monks help to preserve learning during the Middle Ages?

answers is b. They copied books.

Answer 2

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While knights un derwent special education that prepared them for the battlefield and the court and artisans learned their craft from their masters, the contemplative life of a monk provided the perfect setting for learning to read and write, as well as acquiring and copying manuscripts whenever the opportunity arose.